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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Posted on Wednesday, 08 November 2006 17:40

Song of the post: New Order - True Faith

The Dems now control the House, and we're waiting on the Senate (damn you Virginia!).

Now, I'm not saying the Democrats are all little angels (indeed, one of my senators, Lincoln Chafee, was quite possibly one of the better politicians in Congress, and he was a Republican. More on this later.), but having a GOP House and Senate has proved to be nothing but disastrous. Obviously, Bush is quite possibly up shit creek without a paddle without a House and Senate backing his every move. Also, Rumsfeld's resignation came as welcome news to many, including myself (though I have a feeling his replacement will prove himself just as inept).

In Rhode Island, the Senate race was shocking to some, myself not included. Around these parts, a mention of Linc Chafee usually invokes a sense of political integrity, and I for one am sad to see him go. He and Jack Reed made a good team when it came to representing our tiny state. His successor, Sheldon Whitehouse, doesn't really give me a warm fuzzy feeling; I have a feeling he will, as the ads say, "do nothing".

As for the RI house race, the representative for district 2 turned out to be ol' Jim Langevin again, something I am not overly pleased about. Rod Driver seemed to be the better man in this race, but he (expectedly) only got 27% of the vote, being an independent.

As for the rest of the local politics, Carcieri is staying for another term as our dumbass governor. Not that Chhhhharrrrrrliieeeeee Fogarty would have been much better, but I think it's time for a change of scenery up in the state house. Also, question 1 was struck down, so no casino for us. And question 2 was approved (yay!) so now parolees and probationers can vote. And that Haldeman guy that came to talk to my class, who proved himself to be an idiot, didn't win.

So that's it. Hopefully these changes will help to fix some of the crap that's accumulated over the years.