I have a few words to say about this.
Praise God! Praise God! Praise God!
If this was not the answer to your prayer
It was to one of mine!
Hallelujah! This is by the hand of almighty God that this has been done! and mercy has been given to the
United States of America! let the people praise God let all the people praise God! and thank God for this!
But let it be known as well that victory is through God! and there could be a judas in the republicans as well.
May God direct them & give them wisdom & understanding in all that they do!This is a day of thankfulness
unto our God of Heaven & earth.
Father in heaven,we thank you for your mercy,we thank you for what you have done
this day to help the United States of America,thank you for answering prayer!Thank you
Father in Heaven for what you have done and what you are going to do.I give you all the glory,
all the honor,we pray for the peace & protection of Israel & Jerusalem also ,In the Name of the
Son of the living God! The true God! the only God! Maker of all there is! i ask all these things
In the name of Jesus Christ the risen Savior & Lord of Glory! & soon returning King of all Kings!
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Republicans Win House Majority, Make Senate Gains in Wave Election
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Riding
a wave of voter frustration over the economy and the federal government
itself, the Republican Party sailed into the majority in the House of Representatives
Tuesday with victories projected to be on a scale not
seen since the end of the New Deal.
Fox News projects that Republicans will see a
net gain of about 65 seats in the House.
In races from Florida to Virginia to Indiana to Texas, voters were sending a rebuke
to the party in power by electing Republicans over Democratic incumbents.
Seniority did not seem to matter. Longtime representatives were falling just
as
hard as freshmen, succumbing to campaigns -- many of them backed by the
Tea Party movement -- that tied them to unpopular federal policies and proposals.
The GOP will not seize power in the Senate, with wins by Democratic Leader
Harry Reid and a handful of others relegating Republicans to minority status
for at least another two years. But they came close enough that neither party
can be steamrolled
by the other in the next Congress.
House Republican Leader John Boehner, now
poised to succeed Nancy Pelosi
as speaker of the House, choked up as he addressed a jubilant crowd Tuesday night -
- he attributed his party's success to a popular rejection of big government
, big spending and big
bailouts.
"It's clear tonight who the winners really
are, and that's the American
people," Boehner said. "Across the country right now, we are witnessing
a repudiation of Washington, a repudiation of big government and a
repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the American people."
Boehner
vowed to fulfill his party's "pledge" to cut spending and reduce
the size of government, saying he's willing to work with President Obama
if
he "respects the will of the people" and changes course. Obama called
Boehner at midnight to congratulate him.
The GOP gains would exceed those made during the Republican
wave of 1994 when the party picked up 54 House seats. Not since
1938 has the party made such monumental inroads. With 218 seats
needed for a majority, Republicans so far have officially won 233,
while Democrats have won 174.
Though unable to reach a majority in the Senate, Republicans have
so far picked up six seats from Democrats and are holding down
a number of others -- giving little ground as they
shoot for a stronger
foothold in the upper chamber. In a symbolic victory, GOP Rep. Mark
Kirk beat Alexi Giannoulias for Obama's old
Senate seat in Illinois after
a hard-fought race. Conservative Pat Toomey narrowly defeated
Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak, taking over for
party-switching
Sen. Arlen Specter. And three-term Sen. Russ Feingold was the
latest incumbent Democrat to go down, losing his race for reelection
in Wisconsin to Tea Party-backed businessman Ron Johnson.
"What we're sensing tonight is a huge case of buyer's remorse all
across America," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told
supporters Tuesday night, describing the GOP gains as a
rejection of
the spending and "Washington takeovers" coming out of the federal government.
In North Dakota, Republican John Hoeven beat Tracy Potter for
the seat held by outgoing Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan. In
Arkansas, GOP Rep. John Boozman trounced Democratic
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, denying her a third term in Congress. Lincoln's
vote for the president's health care overhaul was considered a turning
point for the senator's popularity. Former Sen. Dan Coats in Indiana
scored the first GOP Senate pick-up of the night, beating Democratic
Rep. Brad Ellsworth for the seat left by retiring Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh.
But Democrats held onto a handful of key
seats, most importantly
Nevada. Reid campaigned hard to retain his seat, with supporters
casting Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle as dangerous
and unfit to
serve. Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer was also able to fend off a stiff
challenge from Republican Carly Fiorina in California.
The party scored three victories for open seats. In West Virginia,
Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin beat John Raese despite an
aggressive campaign by the Republican to portray Manchin as a buddy
to Washington Democrats and particularly Obama. In Delaware,
Chris Coons beat Tea Party-backed Senate candidate Christine
O'Donnell;
in Connecticut, popular Attorney General Dick
Blumenthal beat professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon
.
All those open seats were previously held by longtime Democratic
lawmakers. The Delaware seat used to be held by Vice President Biden,
the Connecticut seat held by
longtime lawmaker Chris Dodd and the
West Virginia seat held by the late
Robert Byrd.
Republicans also won open Senate seats in
Florida, Utah, Kansas,
Missouri, New Hampshire, Kentucky and Ohio. Those open seats
were already held by Republicans, so the GOP wins there did not affect the balance of power.
In the dramatic three-way race for an open Senate seat in Florida,
Tea Party-backed Republican Marco Rubio beat his
two opponents.
He was running against Gov. Charlie Crist, who left the GOP to
run as an independent, and Democrat Kendrick Meek.
In Kansas, Republican Jerry Moran won the
seat held by
Sam Brownback, a Republican who won his race for governor
against Tom Holland. In Utah, Republican Mike Lee took the
seat held by Bob Bennett, who was defeated in the GOP primary.
In Ohio, Republican Rob Portman, an ex-congressman and former
White House budget director, beat Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher. And
in Kentucky, Tea Party-backed Rand Paul beat state Attorney
General Jack Conway after a bitter contest that
delved into Paul's
religion and made for some tense debates. Paul won by a wide margin
despite a last-minute visit by former President Bill Clinton for Conway.
Republican Kelly Ayote will succeed GOP Sen. Judd Gregg in
New Hampshire, and Republican Rep. Roy Blunt will succeed
GOP Sen. Kit Bond in Missouri.
Republicans needed just 39 pickups to win the House; they needed
10 in the Senate to take the majority. With a handful of races too
close to call, Republicans so far have claimed 46
Senate seats to
Democrats' 49. Two independents vote with Democrats.
Among the slew of House victories,
Republican Dan Webster defeated
outspoken liberal Rep. Alan Grayson in Florida's 8th District,
Republican Allen West beat Rep. Ron Klein in Florida's 22nd District
and Republican Sandra Adams picked up a Democratic seat in Florida's
24th District. Tea Party-backed Kristi Noem
ousted Democratic
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in South Dakota. Republican
Bill Flores beat moderate Democratic Rep. Chet Edwards in
Texas'
17th District. Republican Lou Barletta, a strident foe of illegal
immigration,
beat longtime incumbent Rep. Paul Kanjorski in Pennsylvania's 11th
District. Longtime Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton, a committee chairman, was also defeated in Missouri.
So-called purple states like Virginia
followed a Republican trend on
Tuesday. Republican Robert Hurt took Virginia's 5th District,
defeating Rep. Tom Perriello who boldly campaigned with the
president; Republican Scott Rigell defeated Virginia Democratic
Rep. Glenn Nye in District 2. Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil also
lost in Maryland's District 1, while Democratic Rep. Zack Space lost
in Ohio's District 18. Republican Larry Bucshon picked up Ellsworth's
Democratic seat in Indiana, where Democratic Rep. Baron Hill
was also
defeated by a wide margin.
On the other side, Democrat John Carney
picked up the Republican House
seat in Delaware formerly held by Rep. Mike Castle, who ran unsuccessfully
for Senate. GOP Rep. Joseph Cao lost to Democrat Cedric Richmond in Louisiana.
Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank held his seat against upstart Sean Bielat.
With the strength of the Tea Party movement at their backs, GOP candidates were
confident the enthusiasm of their supporters would help propel them to historic pickups
in Congress and give them the leverage to put a check on the Obama administration's policies.
Though Democrats barnstormed into Congress
in huge numbers over the past two cycles
-- helped in no small part by Obama's historic presidential run in 2008 -- frustration
over the economy and far-reaching legislation passed under the current administration
fueled a crop of candidates vowing to bring a renewed
model of small-government
conservatism to Washington.
The most visible and vocal driver of that
political breed has been the
Tea Party, which aggravated several GOP primary contests by backing
non-establishment candidates who, in many
cases, won. A handful of those
nominees lost on the Senate side Tuesday, opening the movement up to
criticism that more tested candidates could have put the party over the
edge. But the energy from the Tea Partiers
was an undeniable factor in
getting Republicans out to the polls.
Paul heralded his victory in Kentucky Tuesday as a sign
of the Tea Party's vigor.
"We've come to take our government back," he declared in his victory
speech. "Tonight there's a Tea Party tidal wave and we're sending a message to them."
While the Obama administration rejects the description of Election
Day as a referendum on the president's policies, Republican candidates
said Tuesday night's returns had everything to do with Obama. And Pelosi. And Reid.
Many of their candidates ran as much against Obama and the Democratic
leaders in Congress as they did against their
own opponents. Across the
country, Republican nominees cast their Democratic foes as tools of the
Obama administration, while Democrats
returned fire by casting Republicans
-- particularly those backed by the
Tea Party -- as extreme.
Republican leaders have warned that victories on Tuesday do not necessarily
translate to a mandate, and that they'll have to follow through on their
promises to cut spending and
rein in government to gain the voters' trust.
Boehner stressed Tuesday
that Republicans need to deliver.
A number of incumbents in both parties
coasted to election, avoiding the
upheaval that marked so many races. Vermont Democratic Sen. Patrick
Leahy easily won his reelection race, as
did South Carolina Republican Sen.
Jim DeMint, who faced off against
Democrat Alvin Greene, an unemployed
unknown who won his party's primary
without campaigning.
Veteran Democratic Maryland Sen. Barbara
Mikulski, Democratic Oregon
Sen. Ron Wyden, Democratic Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye and Democratic
New York Sen. Charles Schumer won their
reelection races. On the
Republican side, victories were sealed by Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby,
Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, Iowa Sen. Chuck
Grassley, Arizona
Sen. John McCain. North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr,
Louisiana Sen.
David Vitter, South Dakota Sen. John Thune, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo and
Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson.
Freshman Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.,
also won her race to complete
the term vacated by Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton --
she will have to run again in 2012.
Thirty-seven governor's seats were also on the line Tuesday.
Republicans scored a big pickup in Ohio as John Kasich beat
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland, an enthusiastic Obama ally whom
the president tried to save. Republicans also notched a gain in Tennessee
with a victory by Bill Haslam and again in Iowa with a win by
Terry Branstad. Republican Tom Corbett seized a Democratic
seat in the Pennsylvania governor's race as did Scott Walker in
Wisconsin. Republican Gov. Rick Perry won his race for reelection
after a tumultuous campaign. And Republican Nikki Haley won the
race for governor in South Carolina, weathering allegations of
affairs which
posed a distraction in the race.
In California, former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown will return to
his old job after beating former eBay executive Meg
Whitman.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will keep his state's
governor's seat in Democratic hands, beating Republican Carl Paladino.
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper won the Colorado gubernatorial
race for the Democrats, beating Republican Dan Maes as well as insurgent
third-party candidate Tom Tancredo. Democrat Deval Patrick
won another
term in Massachusetts, as did Gov. Martin O'Malley in
Maryland, where ex-Gov. Robert Ehrlich tried to mount a comeback.