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		<title>By: the squid</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/blue-skies-smiling-at-me/#comment-372404</link>
		<dc:creator>the squid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Holy Crap!  I almost forgot what it felt like to win, not to mention kick ass.  Aside from the red in blue clothing LIEberman, everything’ss coming up roses.  I just can’t stop singing!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Credit to Blue America.&lt;br /&gt;
Credit to the netroots.&lt;br /&gt;
Credit to Mr. Howard Dean.&lt;br /&gt;
Credit to Mr. Emmanuel.&lt;br /&gt;
Credit to all of us who emailed, texted, canvassed, called, and VOTED.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do you hear the dissent now Mr. President or would you like us to turn it up?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy Crap!  I almost forgot what it felt like to win, not to mention kick ass.  Aside from the red in blue clothing LIEberman, everything’ss coming up roses.  I just can’t stop singing!</p>
<p>Credit to Blue America.<br />
Credit to the netroots.<br />
Credit to Mr. Howard Dean.<br />
Credit to Mr. Emmanuel.<br />
Credit to all of us who emailed, texted, canvassed, called, and VOTED.</p>
<p>Do you hear the dissent now Mr. President or would you like us to turn it up?</p>
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		<title>By: Captain Kangaroo</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/blue-skies-smiling-at-me/#comment-372200</link>
		<dc:creator>Captain Kangaroo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;And a very very huge standing ovation to Howie Klein. Howie may have been the difference. Thank you Howie!!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And a very very huge standing ovation to Howie Klein. Howie may have been the difference. Thank you Howie!!</p>
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		<title>By: FightTheFuture</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/blue-skies-smiling-at-me/#comment-372136</link>
		<dc:creator>FightTheFuture</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;It’s a great start, for sure!  And I want to add something on the Lamont vs. Lie-berman race in CT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The calling out of Lieberman and really stopping him would have had to come from the top, the party leadership, it didn’t.  Even so, Ned came in very strong and the &lt;b&gt;party leaders have hurt themselves for their fecklessness&lt;/b&gt;, believe me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Dems LOST a seat in the Senate with their asshat strategy&lt;/b&gt; of not supporting Ned and dissing Lieberman.  Joey is an Independent and a very untrustworthy one at that.  If you want to see a real independent who will caucus with the Dems when it counts, look at Bernie Sanders of VT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As for &lt;b&gt;CT, it really has to look itself in the mirror&lt;/b&gt; after putting that shit Lieberman back in power.  I know a lot of Dems voted for Ned, but enough also voted for Lieberman.  Still, my real hopes out of all this are:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;       * Ned stays in Dem politics, shaping the party in CT.&lt;br /&gt;
       * Lieberman turns more into Emperor Palpatine, or goes down in flames on campaign fraud, and CT goes even bluer the next round.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
There is a positive from CT Senate race, and it is not Lieberman!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s a great start, for sure!  And I want to add something on the Lamont vs. Lie-berman race in CT.</p>
<p>The calling out of Lieberman and really stopping him would have had to come from the top, the party leadership, it didn’t.  Even so, Ned came in very strong and the <b>party leaders have hurt themselves for their fecklessness</b>, believe me.</p>
<p><b>The Dems LOST a seat in the Senate with their asshat strategy</b> of not supporting Ned and dissing Lieberman.  Joey is an Independent and a very untrustworthy one at that.  If you want to see a real independent who will caucus with the Dems when it counts, look at Bernie Sanders of VT.</p>
<p>As for <b>CT, it really has to look itself in the mirror</b> after putting that shit Lieberman back in power.  I know a lot of Dems voted for Ned, but enough also voted for Lieberman.  Still, my real hopes out of all this are:</p>
<p>       * Ned stays in Dem politics, shaping the party in CT.<br />
       * Lieberman turns more into Emperor Palpatine, or goes down in flames on campaign fraud, and CT goes even bluer the next round.<br />
<b><br />
There is a positive from CT Senate race, and it is not Lieberman!!</b></p>
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		<title>By: Joe Max</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/blue-skies-smiling-at-me/#comment-372128</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Max</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I just saw Tom Delay on MSNBC and boy does he look beat!!! It was utterly delicious. He whined and bitched and proclaimed his innocence of everything. But he demeanor was like he had just been beaten on the head with a baseball bat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wheee!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just saw Tom Delay on MSNBC and boy does he look beat!!! It was utterly delicious. He whined and bitched and proclaimed his innocence of everything. But he demeanor was like he had just been beaten on the head with a baseball bat.</p>
<p>Wheee!</p>
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		<title>By: marksb</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/blue-skies-smiling-at-me/#comment-372115</link>
		<dc:creator>marksb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-372012&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jim @ 143&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clusterfuck will be very defiant. He thinks he’s Jeebus’s Preznint. I foresee lots of semicoherent I’m the decider petulance&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don’t forget the signing statements. He seems to think he can change a law to mean whatever he wants to say it means, and there’s no check or balance to his statement. Who needs Congress?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-372012"><em>Jim @ 143</em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Clusterfuck will be very defiant. He thinks he’s Jeebus’s Preznint. I foresee lots of semicoherent I’m the decider petulance</p>
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<p>Don’t forget the signing statements. He seems to think he can change a law to mean whatever he wants to say it means, and there’s no check or balance to his statement. Who needs Congress?</p>
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		<title>By: medaka</title>
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		<dc:creator>medaka</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-372016&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;darkblack @ 147&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;
…The finest in &lt;a href=&quot;http://static.flickr.com/112/290373459_0e9dffae00.jpg&quot;&gt;neoconservatism on the march&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hey &lt;b&gt;darkblack&lt;/b&gt;! Those space-commando zombie Bush-lemmings are SHWEET!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-372016"><em>darkblack @ 147</em></a></p>
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…The finest in <a href="http://static.flickr.com/112/290373459_0e9dffae00.jpg">neoconservatism on the march</a>.</p>
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<p>Hey <b>darkblack</b>! Those space-commando zombie Bush-lemmings are SHWEET!</p>
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		<title>By: marksb</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/blue-skies-smiling-at-me/#comment-372109</link>
		<dc:creator>marksb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;#comment-371990&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;LJ/Aquaria @&lt;br /&gt;
                               121              &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Well, as I said last night, I think y’all know where I usually ended up on campaigns–trolling for precinct data and analyzing it. It was my very favorite thing to do. :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You were a veritable font of knowledge last night. Brilliant! And thanks to all of you for making the year and last night so uniquely wonderful. A community, imagine!&lt;br /&gt;
Oh, and Lois Capps (CA-23) delivered her usual 65% win out here on the lovely coast. Nice.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="#comment-371990"><em>LJ/Aquaria @<br />
                               121              </em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>Well, as I said last night, I think y’all know where I usually ended up on campaigns–trolling for precinct data and analyzing it. It was my very favorite thing to do. :)</p>
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<p>You were a veritable font of knowledge last night. Brilliant! And thanks to all of you for making the year and last night so uniquely wonderful. A community, imagine!<br />
Oh, and Lois Capps (CA-23) delivered her usual 65% win out here on the lovely coast. Nice.</p>
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		<title>By: ccmask</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/blue-skies-smiling-at-me/#comment-372102</link>
		<dc:creator>ccmask</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Halliburton (nyse: HAL - news - people ), Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) and other companies Democrats believe are bilking taxpayers or workers will be hauled before Congress. Executive compensation and hedge funds will come under fire. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“There will be a much greater antipathy to corporate interests to getting their way in the lobby process,” argues Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, an outside group that works on behalf of Democratic candidates. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Democrats won’t hesitate to pass legislation that is headed for a presidential veto as long as it sharpens the distinction between them and Bush. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Straight out of the gate, a Democratic Congress will repeal tax breaks for the oil and gas industry, raise the minimum wage and hand the federal government the power to haggle with drug companies on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/08/elections-vote-counting-biz-wash-cx_jh_1108vote.html?partner=msn&quot;&gt;http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/.....artner=msn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Halliburton (nyse: HAL &#8211; news &#8211; people ), Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT &#8211; news &#8211; people ) and other companies Democrats believe are bilking taxpayers or workers will be hauled before Congress. Executive compensation and hedge funds will come under fire. </p>
<p>“There will be a much greater antipathy to corporate interests to getting their way in the lobby process,” argues Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, an outside group that works on behalf of Democratic candidates. </p>
<p>Democrats won’t hesitate to pass legislation that is headed for a presidential veto as long as it sharpens the distinction between them and Bush. </p>
<p>Straight out of the gate, a Democratic Congress will repeal tax breaks for the oil and gas industry, raise the minimum wage and hand the federal government the power to haggle with drug companies on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries.<br />
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/08/elections-vote-counting-biz-wash-cx_jh_1108vote.html?partner=msn">http://www.forbes.com/2006/11/&#8230;..artner=msn</a></p>
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		<title>By: Mrs. K8</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2006/11/08/blue-skies-smiling-at-me/#comment-372097</link>
		<dc:creator>Mrs. K8</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Norske, my dear patriot friend!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What happy news about Freya Catherine!  Your first grandchild?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for telling me.  Today we’ve gotten new life for the country with this election — but you’ve also got new life in the family to nurture, and that will always make your work to save the Republic even MORE meaningful than before.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to you and your whole family — especially little Freya Catherine.  I’m sending love and prayers of gratitude in your direction.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Norske, my dear patriot friend!</p>
<p>What happy news about Freya Catherine!  Your first grandchild?</p>
<p>Thank you for telling me.  Today we’ve gotten new life for the country with this election — but you’ve also got new life in the family to nurture, and that will always make your work to save the Republic even MORE meaningful than before.</p>
<p>Congratulations to you and your whole family — especially little Freya Catherine.  I’m sending love and prayers of gratitude in your direction.</p>
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		<title>By: Mad Dogs</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mad Dogs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Pssst…hot stock tip…sell Haliburton short…and Bechtel…and Blackwater…and oh btw, Exxon-Mobil, BP, and any other Oil thingies. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pssst…another hot tip…buy Defense Attorneys…demand exceeds supply.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Subpoenas, big tax bites and jail-time heading their way pronto.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pssst…hot stock tip…sell Haliburton short…and Bechtel…and Blackwater…and oh btw, Exxon-Mobil, BP, and any other Oil thingies. </p>
<p>Pssst…another hot tip…buy Defense Attorneys…demand exceeds supply.</p>
<p>Subpoenas, big tax bites and jail-time heading their way pronto.</p>
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