2006 Elections

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  • 40 states is plenty

    Who needs Wyoming, Utah, Texas or Vermont? Senate seats should go to states that matter.
  • WTO follies

    The House surprises Bush on Vietnam. Meanwhile, in Russia, the allofmp3.com deathwatch begins
  • Shedding a tear for Santorum

    Some newly departed Republican legislators were strong proponents of foreign aid
  • Neoconservatism -- RIP

    The moralistic ideology has utterly failed. But as long as Bush still abides by it, his disastrous "war on terror" will drag on.
  • Do Democrats need the South?

    The party is doing fine, winning the Northeast, the West and the Midwest. So why is James Carville still pushing a Southern strategy?
  • Looking for 18,000 missing votes in Florida

    Did electronic voting machines cost a Democrat her seat in Congress?
  • Bye-bye, bullies!

    From Allen to Santorum, Rummy to Rush, last week's big losers personified a GOP culture of scorn and intimidation rejected by voters.
  • Playing with the boys

    Rep. Nancy Pelosi dons Armani and makes headlines.
  • Green gains

    Voters have finally made the environment an election issue, kicking polluters like Richard Pombo to the curb.
  • Pelosi's family values

    She campaigned as a mother. Will she fight for American families?
  • The other Harold Ford Jr. race card

    Forget racist whites -- did the GOP do a number on black Tennessee women?
  • Confessions of an Ohio poll worker, Part 2

    I made it through Election Day as a precinct judge, and all the votes were counted, even the ones in the malfunctioning machines -- I think.
  • Silent Dick

    Cat got your tongue, Mr. Vice President?
  • The GOP in 2008: As Allen convalesces, Gingrich unloads

    The president must "rethink how he engages the American people and how he communicates with candor."
  • I'm a majority leader 4 U

    Harry Reid on Britney Spears.
  • Say good night, Ken

    In the wake of Tuesday's elections, Ken Mehlman is expected to leave his job as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
  • A new bellwether for America

    Jim Webb's victory, handing the Senate to the Dems, completes Virginia's transformation from reliably red into something more muted -- and more reflective of a changing national politics.
  • Lost faith in the GOP

    Evangelical leader Richard Cizik explains how Iraq, corruption and other failures are transforming the political piety of America's religious voters.
  • Howard Dean, vindicated

    The DNC chairman's "crazy" strategy of rebuilding the Democratic Party across all states helped it ride the national wave against the GOP.
  • The Senate is set, but some House races are still undecided

    Another Florida in Florida and unsettled contests in Ohio, New Mexico and beyond.
  • A party today, then the work ahead

    The Democrats celebrate Senate control.
  • Shades of the reconquista

    Hispanics vote for Democrats, and immigration hard-liners lose.
  • AP: Burns concedes to Tester in Montana

    And then there was one.
  • Hail Macaca!

    Welcome to America, George Allen, and remember: "Don't f--- with Indians."
  • Reports: Allen to concede Virginia Senate race

    The Democrats will take control.
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