As of 12:30 am, incumbent Senator Mark Warner seemed to be the apparent winner of the senate election. No one really expected this election to be so close. Prince William County, included cities, and Fairfax seemed to save the day for Warner. Northern Virginia prevailed, once again. Albemarle, Charlottesville and Nelson County also helped pull off a Warner win, as did some of the southside counties. At last glimpse, Warner was ahead by about 18,000 votes.
The Republicans will take over the Senate. That fact changes the dynamics of the country a great deal, although it isn’t really apparent how it will change things. The different factions in the Republican party may decide to battle each other rather than to continue sparring with the President. Who knows. They also probably will not have a super majority so bills wont just go sailing through. then there is also the presidential veto. I feel certain that President Obama will enjoy using that presidential option quite a bit. I know I sure would.
This is the first time that the Republicans have controlled the Senate in 8 years. Will we move forward or will we revisit all the social issues? That’s what the Republicans seem to concentrate on most of the time these days. Abortion, personhood, same sex marriage, Planned Parenthood funding, school prayer…the list goes on.
What do you predict?
