Boo hoo!

It goes from the "stole" the election to they know how to "kick butt"?

It doesn't slice both ways. GW won in 2000, and with this mandate, he'll win in 2004. The American public finally got it! Scare tactics don't work. Clinton won't work. McAullife won't work. Gore never did work! America wants action. This is what our system is all about!

now that the republicans are in control of both the house and the senate, if things continue to go badly, will the democrats still get all the blame?

I'm not at all sure I agree about Alan Greenspan ... if any credit for the economic upswing of the 90s belongs to Bill Clinton, it's because the smartest single thing he did as President was to keep Greenspan in place instead of putting his own guy in there ...

Clinton actually took quite a bit of flak for that decision at the time, but was smart enough to recognize that economics was the weakest link in his chain of credentials and that Greenspan was as smart and capable as they come in that area ...

There is NO doubt, however, that GWB is quite rightly PO'd at his financial advisors and will be making a lot of changes in that area ... yesterday's news of Harvey Pitt's resignation is only the beginning ... the avalanche of change might even take Greenspan along for the ride

The Republicans simply had a better support team nationwide than the Democrats with their tired old platforms. Democrats have been running on same issues for 20 years, and I was wondering when will they ever get their Health Care Program psssed? Social Security...they mess it up more than help and now we have a Republican Majority in Senate-expect the Homeland Security to be passed and the tax cut to be extended while McAullife, Daschel, Clinton, Gore and team (whoops Jesse Jackson) lick their wounds and see if they can come up with a Black, Moderate, middle of the road, intelligent, veteran to groom to run in 2004!!!

Charlie

JJ ... let me apologize for my neighbors ... here in NoCal the libs have us badly outnumbered and while the early returns (mostly from SoCal) showed Davis trailing, by the time the NoCal votes were counted, he'd got re-elected.

No surprise, really ... the issue was substantially settled at the time of the primaries when Davis was successful in sabotaging Riordan's campaign ... had that not happened, we'd have woke up this morning to find that we had another Republican governor whose initials are RR ....

An additional peeve I have about the results of the Governor race in California is Davis' stated desire to ban all sportfishing in the state. Now, as one who very much enjoys this pasttime with my 12 year old son (he'd much rather go do this than more troublesome activities), it's hard for me to imagine that the days of such a wonderful local sport may be numbered, not to mention all the fishing stores, party boats, and others whose livelihood depends upon it. While I'm all for conservation, this baby out with the bathwater approach is insanity. Plus, there's nothing like enjoying a good cigar while you're waiting for the party boat to reach its destined fishing spot.

Yes Rick, the Republicans did kick butt, and yes the democratic voice in the congress will be a whisper, and yes Rick it will be an interesting two years. I had to call my very liberal sister from Mass. and find out if she was going to change parties. But alas, there are still some liberal democrats out there.

I say be careful what you wish for, Republicans. The last time they controlled the house, I felt some great accomplishments were made with the "contract with America", but arrogance and straying from the chosen path destroyed the ideology, hence, a renewed Democratic party. Power usually corrupts, lets hope this administration shows us that they represent a higher ground.

Rick, I have said in the past that I follow libertarian ideals. With that in mind, I'm not crazy about any federal based government with too much power. I've seen what crap the Democrat's dished out during their monopoly, let's see what the Republican's have to offer before we condemn them.

Augie

gerber,Me too.Daveys Locker,Dana Point sometimes Long Beach and a couple/three times a year San Diego and or Ensenada.

5augie5

j'accuse

Sorry Rick, I've never read Zola's "j'accuse".

Can you fill me in? Did someone make a movie?

Aug

DrMadd,
I'll play the Devil's advocate here. When the stock market was going bananas, Greenspan was saying things like "unchecked exuberance." And he was proven correct. Many of those stocks were overpriced and overvalued and the knuckleheads who sunk their entire life savings into "tech" wound up hating life and looking at retirement in their '80s. I have friends who fit into that category. Now, all they can mutter is "Well, I'm in it for the long haul." Yeah. It'll take them about 100 years to get back to where they started. Greenspan is like a grandmother who wags her finger at you when you are climbing too high in the tree. We can ignore him and call him names and make fun of his obviously irrational fear. But at the same time, when we fall out of the tree can anyone blame him for saying, "I told you so?" The bull market is based on earnings. Big companies increase earnings, prices go up...rationally, reasonably, in small increments. Be satisfied with 10% a year. That is the conservative, well-founded attitude.

Yes the Republicans kicked butt and now all the liberals can say is "They have no excuses now!" When what they really mean is "OK give them 2 years to fix what we screwed up in 40"