[Dialogue] We got the Senate!!!!

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Democrats Take Control  of the Senate
Nov 08 8:45 PM  US/Eastern 
_Democrats_ (http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=democrats&sid=breitbart.com)  
wrested  control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory 
in  Virginia,  giving the party complete domination of _Capitol Hill_ 
(http://search.breitbart.com/q?s="Capitol+Hill"&sid=breitbart.com)  for the  first 
time since 1994.  
Jim Webb's  squeaker win over incumbent Sen. George Allen gave Democrats 
their 51st seat in  the Senate, an astonishing turnabout at the hands of voters 
unhappy with  Republican scandal and unabated violence in Iraq. Allen was  the 
sixth Republican incumbent senator defeated in Tuesday's elections.   
The Senate had  teetered at 50 Democrats, 49 Republicans for most of 
Wednesday, with Virginia hanging in the  balance. Webb's victory ended Republican 
hopes of eking out a 50-50 split, with  Vice President Dick Cheney wielding 
tie-breaking authority.   
The Associated  Press contacted election officials in all 134 localities 
where voting occurred,  obtaining updated numbers Wednesday. About half the 
localities said they had  completed their postelection canvassing and nearly all had 
counted outstanding  absentees. Most were expected to be finished by Friday.  
The new AP count  showed Webb with 1,172,538 votes and Allen with 1,165,302, 
a difference of  7,236. Virginia has had two statewide vote recounts  in 
modern history, but both resulted in vote changes of no more than a few  hundred 
votes.  
An adviser to  Allen, speaking on condition of anonymity because his boss had 
not formally  decided to end the campaign, said the senator wanted to wait 
until most of  canvassing was completed before announcing his decision, possibly 
as early as  Thursday evening.  
The adviser said  that Allen was disinclined to request a recount if the 
final vote spread was  similar to that of _election night_ 
(http://search.breitbart.com/q?s="election+night"&sid=breitbart.com) .   
The victory puts  Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in line to become _Senate majority 
 leader_ 
(http://search.breitbart.com/q?s="Senate+majority+leader"&sid=breitbart.com) . He has led the Democrats since _Tom Daschle_ 
(http://search.breitbart.com/q?s="Tom+Daschle"&sid=breitbart.com) , D-S.D.,  was defeated two years 
ago.  


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