Democrats Barely Hold Onto Majority in Senate

Now that the Conservatives are in control of the house, which I am glad of, but the problem is not solved. What we need now is performance by the new leaders. Govt. size must be reduced, spending absolutely has to be cut in half or more. Politicians need to learn to work within a fixed budget like us taxpayers. Most of the pork-belly laden health care bill needs to be eliminated, especially those items thrown in there which have nothing at all to do with health care. New bills purposed have to be about the bill itself, not added with lots of other items that are meaningless and have nothing to do with the bill itself. The illegal agenda of oboma has to be addressed and laws passed to get rid of illegals once and for all, and also to punish those that hire them. The lies, cheating and stealing must be stopped. It is now up to all of us to hold their feet to the fire and make sure the newly elected politicians never forget who they work for!

Listen folks, I don't care what your party affiliation is, we've voted, it's done. Support those in office, and be heard! Don't like what your representative is pushing, WRITE TO THEM, there's this invention called email, use it. They all have it too! We can't all go to play ball and expect to be the one hitting the home run, we need someone to pitch, someone to play short stop, someone to catch... If this government can't work as a team, we're doomed for another 10 years... We have got to STOP with the Reps V Dem mentality. We're all there for a united purpose, to make things BETTER than they are now for the Average American citizen. So lets work on fixing the problems instead of just being nay sayers.

Is Shuler going to make good on his pledge to challenge Reid for Majority Leader?

The three branches of govt are the legislative (both houses of Congress), judicial (Supreme Court) and executive (President). Where did you take Civics?

Sorry to see Feingold go - I didn't always agree with him, but I felt he was a principled man, and he (or his staff) was always quick to respond the few times I contacted his office. Best of luck to Johnson - hope he does right by Wisconsin.

Politics is funny, sometimes it is better to lose and force others to do some work. Especially the mid terms. Every campaign promise made in order to get elected has been recorded, and if no efftort is made to keep them, voters will be reminded. Obama still has the veto pen, and the numbers suggest it will be difficult to override a veto, unless the public is wildly for the legislation. Bi-partisanship here we come. The money behind some of these campaigns will be looking for payback, not more requests for campaign help.

The question is, why should the republicans be bipartisan. Obama, Reid, and Pelosi were the most partisan politicians I can remember and I am 67 years old. Obama and the other two did everything they could to ram bills through Congress in a very thugery way. I recommend the Republicans tell the three dem leaders that they will be bipartisan only for those things they want and not what Obama wants. The goal is gridlock towards Obama's radical left agenda.

VOTERS IV WV ARE JUST LIKE THE MOUNTAINEER FOOTBALL TEAM. THEY HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT, "THEY DROPPED THE BALL".

Obama unfortunately is no Clinton in the sense of that president's political roots, political experience and common sense. When Clinton tried the same Leftist rulership in his first two years, he was visibly spanked in '94 and was chastened. Dick morris came to him and showed him the way to get a win-win with the Republicans. Clinton was re-elected and actually enjoyed the benefits of a Republican congress which kept his Left flank occupied. The country prospered with the dot.com explosion until the internet bubble burst at the end of Clinton's 2nd term, something Democrats conveniently ignore. Bush was left to clean up that mess and deal with 9-11, all within 1 year. The stock market during his tenure rose to a high of nearly 14500 on the DOW and unemployment averaged about 4.4%. Then the housing crisis, looming for many years and predictable as the Sunrise, created a domino effect in the financial world. It had been created by lax regulation (derivatives) started in the Clinton era and blindly maintained in the Bush era through laissez-faire government philosophy approach along with zero Congressional oversight involving outright denial of any problems, especially in the last 2 years (see Frank & Dodd). This financial mess will have long lasting consequences much as the great Depression and will likely take years to resolve. Since Obama is like every other Liberal Democrat now in the sense that he forgets or refuses to recognize that which doesn't fit into his political ideology and which would hinder his lust for power, he will not do what Clinton did in the 90s. Just watch the pre-election tape of his speeches and rallies to see what he really thinks. With this man in the WH there is only one job which needs our attention and that is defeating him in 2012 at all costs. When Democrats took Congress in '06 and further cemented their numbers to overwhelming majorities in '08, all hope of bi-partisanship went out the window. He told Republicans "Elections have consequences...I won." So much for bi-partisanship. he is now reaping what he himself has sown. In the process he has caused both the House and Senate to veer more to the extremes and has effectively killed the Center. I'm sure he's very happy with himself right about now. Ayres must be smiling.

You are not a journalist. It is clear that you are very biased in favor of big-government politicians and government expansion with no limits. You demean anyone who is not for big government policies.