McAuliffe, Carville, Gore, Ms. Rodham-Clinton and the big man himself are all done. Hillary! may hang on to her Senate seat, but her national aspirations are history. Al Gore is now just a footnote to history, as are all Veeps who don't go on to win the Presidency.
The Democratic Party is reeling from the rejection they faced at the polls. The election that was supposed to erase the 2000 race instead confirmed it. Getting rid of Jeb Bush was "priority one," according to Terry McAuliffe; Jeb won easily. Taking back the House was target two; the Republicans picked up seats. Defending the Senate was considered a foregone conclusion; now it's just gone. I went back to the Democratic Underground website to see how they were taking it. Apparently not too well. This was what I found:
Due to the massive influx of people this morning, we are experiencing serious problems with server overload.Posted by Rich at November 6, 2002 1:47 PM
The forums were shut down at 11:00AM ET. Feel free to check back every half hour or so. But please don't hit the
"refresh" button on your Web browser every 5 seconds, or we'll never come back online.
Sorry for the inconvenience.Use the free time to do something constructive. It's not healty to sit inside stewing over last night's loss.
Go for a walk outside. Or call an old friend. It will make you feel better.