Today is the day!!
This is it folks. Today is the day to go to your local polling station and vote. You will probably have to stand in line, in the rain (in the line while it's raining...) but you need to go out and exercise your privilege to vote. If you don't, I don't want to hear your belly-aching tomorrow about who you thought should have won or who you wanted to win.
A lot of people (most of them smarter than I) have been making predictions about who will win tomorrow. After thinking about it, here are mine (and most of these are general predictions, witch exceptions noted):
US House of Representatives- Speaker Pelosi, anyone? The Democrats will take over control of the House. My prediction is that they will pick up 20 seats. Anything under a 15 seat gain and the Republicans should be ecstatic.
US. Senate - Despite Sen. Bill Frist's departure (retirement), the Republicans will maintain a narrow majority in the US Senate. My prediction is 52 - 48 (after all of the party affiliations are worked out... By the way, should that be allowed? If you ran as an independent, you should be, for that entire term, and independent... but I digress)
US Senate, Tennessee - Republican Bob Corker wins by 5 percentage points, 52%-47%. But beware... Harold Ford Jr. is not going away. Governor Phil Bredesen (incumbent Democratic governor) cannot run again in 2010. What a TRULY historic win that would be.
Tennessee Governor - Phil Bredesen wins in his sleep, 65% - 35%. This race was never close, and despite the fact that he is a Democrat, Gov. Bredesen has done a decent job and limiting the size of Tennessee's government. He is one of the few Democrat's nationwide that is not a tax and spend kind of guy. He opposes a state income tax (as everyone should), and made a bold move to cut over 300,000 enrollees off TennCare, an embattled Medicaid program here.
2008 Prediction - Hillary will run, Hillary will lose. Who will beat her? It's too early to say. Republicans will have to choose wisely... The stakes are too high to say President Clinton again.
A lot of people (most of them smarter than I) have been making predictions about who will win tomorrow. After thinking about it, here are mine (and most of these are general predictions, witch exceptions noted):
US House of Representatives- Speaker Pelosi, anyone? The Democrats will take over control of the House. My prediction is that they will pick up 20 seats. Anything under a 15 seat gain and the Republicans should be ecstatic.
US. Senate - Despite Sen. Bill Frist's departure (retirement), the Republicans will maintain a narrow majority in the US Senate. My prediction is 52 - 48 (after all of the party affiliations are worked out... By the way, should that be allowed? If you ran as an independent, you should be, for that entire term, and independent... but I digress)
US Senate, Tennessee - Republican Bob Corker wins by 5 percentage points, 52%-47%. But beware... Harold Ford Jr. is not going away. Governor Phil Bredesen (incumbent Democratic governor) cannot run again in 2010. What a TRULY historic win that would be.
Tennessee Governor - Phil Bredesen wins in his sleep, 65% - 35%. This race was never close, and despite the fact that he is a Democrat, Gov. Bredesen has done a decent job and limiting the size of Tennessee's government. He is one of the few Democrat's nationwide that is not a tax and spend kind of guy. He opposes a state income tax (as everyone should), and made a bold move to cut over 300,000 enrollees off TennCare, an embattled Medicaid program here.
2008 Prediction - Hillary will run, Hillary will lose. Who will beat her? It's too early to say. Republicans will have to choose wisely... The stakes are too high to say President Clinton again.
posted by Michael Douglas at 8:47 AM
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