A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.
In the News: (Registration may be required to read some stories)
Democrats claim Senate control “House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, expected to become the next speaker, vowed yesterday to put aside partisanship and usher into Congress fiscal discipline and ethical integrity, while her party put the final touch on its electoral victory…” (READ MORE)
Bush accepts role in losses “A contrite President Bush said yesterday that he shares "a large part" of the responsibility for the "thumping" suffered by Republicans on Election Day, but called on his party's lawmakers to work with the new Democratic leadership in Congress.” (READ MORE)
Bush eyes Democrats for help on amnesty “President Bush yesterday said he will team up with Democrats to pass an immigration bill with a guest-worker program that his own party blocked this year.” (READ MORE)
Iraqis see no shift in U.S. support “Iraqi leaders, bolstered by assurances from U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, said yesterday they saw no change in the level of U.S. support, despite the Democratic electoral victory and the surprise resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.” (READ MORE)
Snub by blacks in PG sank Steele “Black voters' dislike for President Bush and distrust of Republicans sank Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele's bid for Maryland's U.S. Senate seat, especially in the majority-black, heavily Democratic battleground of Prince George's County…” (READ MORE)
New Democrats Pose Challenge “The scope of Tuesday’s Democratic surge makes for a more complex picture and a broader mix of ideologies.” (READ MORE)
News From the Front:
Blackfive writes Chow Hall Reaction to Election “Got this from a soldier in Iraq at 11:18pm CST last night: ‘Just got back from Breakfast - Rahm Emanual came on and was talking about the ‘failure in Iraq’ and welcoming the new speaker, Nancy Pelosi - he was booed by the entire chow hall.’” (READ MORE)
Bill Roggio writes Suicide Strike Kills 42 Pakistani Soldiers in Dargai “Over 20 wounded in attack on Pakistani Army training base in the Northwest Frontier Province As the Pakistani government continues to press for a peace accord in Bajaur and elsewhere in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, a suicide bomber strikes at an Army base in Dargai in the Northwest Frontier Province. Over 42 Pakistani Army trainees were murdered and 20 wounded in the attack.” (READ MORE)
T.F.Boggs writes A Last Few Thoughts “Since I am only a few days away from leaving Iraq I haven't had much time to access the internet let alone follow the news. When I finally made it to a computer I found out that a lot has been going on in the last few days that concerns me to an extent. In light of those events I'll add my two cents although most of what I am going to say people will probably already be able to guess.” (READ MORE)
U.S. Civil Affairs Team delivers furniture, improved education to Logar Province school “Soldiers and Airmen from the Gardez Civil Affairs Team demonstrated their continuing commitment to regional education November 2, delivering furniture to a school they helped build in the Charkh District of Logar Province in eastern Afghanistan.” (READ MORE)
WEAPONS CACHE DESTROYED NEAR JULAYBAH “Coalition Forces located and destroyed a terrorist weapons cache early today in Julaybah. Coalition Forces conducted a thorough search of the target area based on intelligence indicating this area was a historical location for al-Qaeda in Iraq leaders to meet and coordinate operations.” (READ MORE)
IRAQI, COALITION FORCES SEARCH MOSQUE, DETAIN INSURGENTS, DISCOVER IEDS “Iraqi and Coalition Soldiers searched the Al Gafour Mosque in Hit, Iraq, Wednesday after receiving small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attacks from insurgents within the mosque compound. Iraqi and Coalition Soldiers established a cordon around the mosque before entering. During the cordon, they received additional small arms fire from nearby insurgents. The forces returned fire, and then Iraqi Soldiers entered and led the search of the mosque and two nearby buildings.” (READ MORE)
On the Web:
Hugh Hewitt writes The Road Not Taken: Forfeiting a Majority “The post-mortems are accumulating, but I think the obvious has to be stated: John McCain and his colleagues in the Gang of 14 cost the GOP its Senate majority while the conduct of a handful of corrupt House members gave that body's leadership the Democrats.” (READ MORE)
Matt Towery writing at Townhall.com writes Bush's Real Plan for Dealing with Iraq “Amid the debris of the Republicans' loss of Congress and the secondary political explosion of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation, there is other, perhaps even bigger news.” (READ MORE)
Cal Thomas writing at Townhall.com writes The Democrat Counterrevolution “In the end, the Republican "revolution" ran out of gas and out of vision. Too many congressional Republicans appeared to care more about maintaining power than using power to implement an agenda, which they also abandoned.” (READ MORE)
Thomas Sowell writing at Townhall.com writes Where is the West? “European nations protesting Saddam Hussein's death sentence, as they protested against forcing secrets out of captured terrorists, should tell us all we need to know about the internal degeneration of western society, where so many confuse squeamishness with morality.” (READ MORE)
Kobayashi Maru writes Meanwhile in Antarctica... “...where nobody voted yesterday except the data (from CO2 Science): Wingham, [et al]... [report that] "72% of the Antarctic ice sheet is gaining 27 ± 29 Gt [per] year...In other words, if global warming is happening, its net effects are not nearly so linear (melting ice, rising oceans, submerged cities) as our simplistic notions might anticipate.” (READ MORE)
Allahpundit writes Pelosi: Iraq isn’t a war, Gannett = ‘the voice of the military’ “Third in line for the presidency. Two heartbeats away. And one of those is arrhythmic. The first segment comes from “The Situation Room.” If you missed the story about the Military Times editorials, read Bryan’s post. You’ll need that as background to appreciate her ignorance. The second segment’s from “Special Report” and runs a bit longer than necessary to include her restatement of the Powell doctrine, which remains an attractive policy for doves trying to look hawkish. She’s all for using overwhelming force once we go in, so long as we never go in.” (READ MORE)
GayPatriotWest writing at GayPatriot writes GOP’s Failure to Hold True to Conservative Principles Cost Party Its Majorities “As I consider the election returns, I’m beginning to wonder if certain things which we Republicans saw to be beneficial to our prospects turning out to be detrimental. Many thought that John Kerry’s gaffe would remind voters of the contempt some on the Left feel for the military. In the end, I don’t think it really helped our candidates.” (READ MORE)
Mohammed of Iraq the Model writes Egyptian Blogger Kareem Arrested...Again! “I had met him in Cairo and before that I met his thoughts through his blog. Abdul Kareem is an "Azhari" who was dismissed and punished for his rejection of the old ways and for his work to free his mind and the minds of others from the prison of obsolete traditions and doctrines.” (READ MORE)
Greyhawk writes Robert Gates and the ‘New Approach’ “I question the timing - obviously the Bush admin wants to steal the headlines from the Democrats! But seriously folks - does anyone think Robert Gates woke up this morning to the stunning news that he was the new SecDef? Don't buy that for a minute.” (READ MORE)
Neptunus Lex writes Everybody Wins - or Nearly “The American voters got to prove that government by the people means that the government of the people had better not take those peoples’ actual concerns for granted, that no political alignment is permanent and that character still counts. There’s much to be thankful for in that.” (READ MORE)
Bill Whittle writes MAKE A CHOICE “As I write this, the Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives and look likely to eke out control of the Senate. My friends, this is time to make a choice. We have suffered a very large defeat tonight, and there is nothing now that we can do about that except decide on how we wish to face it. We have been given an opportunity to show what losing with honor should look like.” (READ MORE)
McQ of QandO writes Now Dems Have To Actually Do Something Now “In a comment thread with one of our regular commenters, I noted that now the hard part comes, Dems have to actually do something instead of criticize. He replied by saying that should be no problem since the bar of expectation was set very low. I beg to differ. Whether Dems like it or not, they have taken ownership of Iraq. Now that's problematic for several reasons, many of them technical. But the other is about expectations they've sold to be elected.” (READ MORE)
Blonde Sagacity writes World Sees Dems' Win as a Bush Rejection “That's an AP headline...not mine. Now I know some on the left got a bit ruffled when I posted about top terror leaders asking Allah for the Democrats to win, but how else can this MSM story be interpreted but as the pussification of America on the Muslim Street? It's not just the Republicans thinking that Dems in charge will now pull out of Iraq --Iraqis and Arab countries share the sentiment...” (READ MORE)
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