Now Why Does That Not Surprise Me

November 8, 2006 -- Connecticut's re-elected Senator Joe Lieberman has been cast into the role of a pivotal deal maker in a split Senate. Although Lieberman, who lost his party's primary, says he intends to caucus with the Democrats, there are already signs that Lieberman is negotiating a special deal with such GOP elected officials as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The wild card is Lieberman's inflated ego, which may prompt him to name himself as a larger-than-life "bridge" between the Democratic Senate and White House.

Jon Tester has been declared the winner in Montana and Jim Webb remains ahead in Virginia, although George Allen says he will challenge the vote count.

The Democrats shut out the Republicans in the House and Senate. No incumbent Democrats lost, including two vulnerable House members in Georgia who squeaked out small margins over their Republican opponents. It was likely that Karl Rove engineered Bush's last minute visits to Georgia to avoid a shut out, but that strategy was not successful.

Wayne Madsen Report