Webb Takes Virginia and the Democrats Take the Senate; 10 House Races Still Uncalled

Submitted by Conor Kenny on

Wiki the VoteThis afternoon Republican incumbent George Allen conceded the Virginia senate race to Democratic challenger Jim Webb, giving the Democrats the 51 seats they needed to control the Senate. Democrats are also currently running at 239 House seats to the Republicans' 196, with ten seats still too close to call.

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jupiter replied on

So people have finally caught on that there exists a such thing as hypocrisy, and that people (eg. candidates) are not necessarily what they say they are, and that the character of people cannot necessarily be determined by the particular flags they wave. It has been said that characterization in movies is very lacking these days compared to what it used to be. Maybe I'm overly bent on glorifying the past --- nevertheless I do find it interesting that the demise of characterization in movies (and other story telling?) has paralleled our lack of recognition (in society in general) that hypocrisy exists. People are no longer people --- they are numbers and objects, as we sink deeper and deeper into a sociopathic norm, and the hyponosis of our television sets sets in.