I wonder why the voters turnout was very low this time ..? Bad night for
Obama and the Democrats...
Niamorkono..
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 6:45 PM, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> They can't with Obama still the president. They would not be able to amass
> veto prove majority in the Senate. They would probably attempt to
> change/modify various aspects it. They may also constraint Obama's
> unilateral selective enforcement of the act - that could mean people
> experience the unpleasant aspects quicker and they hope that will
> politically affect the Democrats.
>
> Burama
>
> On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, Husainou A Waggeh <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Will the GOP repeal Obamacare? If they do , there is no doubt the
>> consequences will be dire for low income citizens and Obama's legacy will
>> be dented severely. Stay tuned to the latest changes.
>> The voters have spoken so they must be listened.
>> Hous
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Nov 5, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Republicans win control of Senate in US congressional electionsBy
>> Patrick Martin
>> 5 November 2014
>>
>> The Republican Party won control of the US Senate in Tuesday’s midterm
>> elections, taking more than the six Democratic-held seats needed to obtain
>> the 51 required for a majority. Republican candidates defeated incumbent
>> Democratic senators in North Carolina, Arkansas and Iowa and won open
>> Democratic seats in West Virginia, Iowa, South Dakota and Montana.
>>
>> A Democratic seat in Alaska was in jeopardy as vote-counting continued
>> late into the night, and in Louisiana, another Democratic-held seat, the
>> Republican candidate led and is heavily favored in a runoff to be held
>> December 6. The Republicans did not lose a single seat.
>>
>> The Republicans also expanded their majority in the House of
>> Representatives, with a net gain of at least eight seats, putting them in
>> full control of both houses of Congress for the first time since 2006, and
>> for the first time in the presidency of Barack Obama.
>>
>> Elections for state governorships produced more mixed results, with
>> Democrats retaining California and New York among the four largest states
>> and Republicans retaining Texas and winning narrowly in Florida. The
>> Democratic governor of Illinois and the Republican governor of Pennsylvania
>> were both defeated for reelection.
>>
>> Republican Scott Walker of Wisconsin, notorious for his attacks on public
>> employees in the state, easily won reelection over a multi-millionaire
>> Democrat who tacitly backed his anti-worker legislation. Michigan Governor
>> Rick Snyder, who pushed through a right-to-work law and oversaw the
>> bankruptcy of Detroit, also won reelection.
>>
>> The outcome of the vote is a debacle for the Democratic Party and the
>> Obama administration, which threw in the towel in terms of the House of
>> Representatives months ago and concentrated their efforts on holding onto a
>> handful of Senate seats needed to maintain a narrow majority in the upper
>> house. This effort produced dismal results, with only one of the threatened
>> Democratic seats, in New Hampshire, successfully defended.
>>
>> The Republican victory does not represent a shift by the American
>> population to the right, but demonstrates the bankrupt and reactionary
>> character of the Democratic Party and the mass disillusionment with the
>> Obama administration. In the absence of any progressive alternative to the
>> two right-wing, corporate-controlled parties, the majority of potential
>> voters stayed home. Voter turnout hit another record low, with only 38
>> percent going to the polls.
>>
>> The working class had no representation in the 2014 elections in either
>> party. The Democrats, like the Republicans, are controlled by the financial
>> aristocracy that rules America. Corporate bosses and billionaires dictate
>> the policy and personnel of both parties, and they are now demanding a
>> further shift to the right in official Washington.
>>
>> Obama and the Democrats are more than happy to oblige. Before the polls
>> had closed on the West Coast, Obama had already sent out an invitation to a
>> bipartisan group of legislators, including the congressional leaders of
>> both parties in the House and Senate, to meet in the White House Friday to
>> begin discussions on future collaboration.
>>
>> In an interview on CNN Monday, Vice President Joseph Biden said the White
>> House was willing to compromise with Republicans and had begun working on
>> areas where joint action might be possible. He said the Republicans had to
>> make a decision: “Are they going to begin to allow things to happen? Or are
>> they going to continue to be obstructionists? And I think they’re going to
>> choose to get things done.”
>>
>> That agenda will undoubtedly include major tax cuts for corporations,
>> further cuts in spending on federally funded social programs like food
>> stamps, intensified repression of immigrants, and the continued buildup of
>> the military/intelligence apparatus in the United States along with
>> expanded military aggression overseas.
>>
>> These policies are deeply unpopular with American working people and
>> youth. They are increasingly turning away from both capitalist parties and
>> their sham electoral contests, which employ mudslinging and lies to
>> disguise the two parties’ fundamental agreement on doing the bidding of big
>> business.
>>
>> The election took place amid widespread public hostility to both
>> corporate-controlled parties, with dismal poll numbers for President Obama
>> and the congressional leadership on both sides of the aisle. The $4 billion
>> expended to promote one party and vilify the other served only to further
>> alienate the population from the entire political structure.
>>
>> In nearly all the closely contested Senate contests, both the Republican
>> and Democratic candidates were regarded unfavorably by a majority of
>> voters. The same was true in most of the closely contested races for state
>> governor.
>>
>> Voter turnout rose in a handful of the most closely contested states, but
>> fell below previous record lows in many states. Voter participation by
>> young people fell particularly sharply. Barely one-third of eligible voters
>> went to the polls in California, the most populous state.
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