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Originally Posted by NCB
Not saying that. The problem I have with the CO one is that its in their constitution AND that it will continue to go up and up and up. Dont you see the inherent problem with that?
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No, there's no problem with that. It's called a cost of living adjustment, and there's no good reason why only white collar workers and the upper crust should get that. Every middle class working person I know would go nuts if they didn't get COLAs to help them adjust to inflation every year, and justifiably so. Why should those making the minimum be the only ones who don't get help? Clearly, they are the ones who need it the most.
As for the original post of this thread, I agree pretty completely. Of course we now know that the Dems did take the Senate, which is quite huge. And I agree completely that Dean is really the biggest winner of all. Also, a couple points I haven't seen mentioned yet:
South Dakota voted down, by double digits, their draconian anti-choice referendum.
Dems got the biggest percentage of white evangelicals ever (for them, obviously).
I think that Republicans have screwed themselves out of black and Latino votes for a long, long, long time. Katrina seems to have officially destroyed Mehlman's "reconciliation" strategy with the black community, and the hardline House Republican tactics toward immigration have cost them a significant portion of the Latino vote for the foreseeable future.
Just some thoughts.