Articles Archive for 2 December 2008
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CNN is projecting that Republican Saxby Chambliss has won the Senate seat in the Georgia runoff. His Democratic opponent was Jim Martin. This loss will keep the Democrats at least one (two if Franken loses Minnesota) away from a filibuster beating 6li0.
Politics »
The election of Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the appointments following have left some Senate seats open. And there are still Senate races left to be decided. Politics- it’s fluid.
A brief rundown on the seat shifting:
Hillary Clinton’s Seat
Former President Bill Clinton doesn’t want the spot . Governor David Paterson has taken himself out of contention, as has Robert F. Kennedy Jr (who was rumored to be under consideration for the EPA spot) and Rep. Nita Lowey. A long list of names are being floated around as a potential replacement- including Andrew …
Fluff Stuff, Random »
This, dear readers, is the 500th post at Moue since we switched over from the old site. Yay us!
Well, okay, actually more like yay Brandy, since she does about 4/5 of the posting ’round here… Actually, come to think of it I really don’t do much around here at all, except for oiling the Victrola (which doesn’t really need oiling) and making sure nobody steals the ore cart (like anyone ever would).
Anyway, my favorite factoid of the new location is that, in the almost three months we’ve been here, one …
