Ïðåçèäåíò ÑØÀ Äæîðäæ Áóø îïàñåí äëÿ ìèðà áîëüøå, ÷åì ãëàâû Èðàíà è ÊÍÄÐ Ìàõìóä Àõìàäèíåæàä è Êèì ×åí Èð, à òàêæå ëèäåð «Õåçáîëëàõà» Õàñàí Íàñðàëëà. Ê òàêîìó âûâîäû ïðèøëè ñîöèîëîãè, îïðîñèâ æèòåëåé íàèáîëåå áëèçêèõ ê ÑØÀ ñòðàí – Âåëèêîáðèòàíèè, Ìåêñèêè, Êàíàäû è Èçðàèëÿ. Ñèëüíåå Áóøà àìåðèêàíñêèå ñîþçíèêè áîÿòñÿ òîëüêî Óñàìó áåí Ëàäåíà.
Ãëàâà Áåëîãî äîìà êîãäà-òî ïðè÷èñëèë Èðàí è ÊÍÄÐ ê «îñè çëà», íî èìåííî ïîëèòèêà ñàìîãî Äæîðäæà Áóøà òðåâîæèò æèòåëåé Âåëèêîáðèòàíèè, Ìåêñèêè, Êàíàäû è Èçðàèëÿ ãîðàçäî áîëüøå, ÷åì «ÿäåðíûå ïðîãðàììû» Ìàõìóäà Àõìàäèíåæàäà è Êèì ×åí Èðà.
Îïðîñ â ýòèõ ÷åòûðåõ ãîñóäàðñòâàõ, èìåþùèõ íàèáîëåå òåñíûå ñâÿçè ñ Ñîåäèíåííûìè Øòàòàìè, áûë ïðîâåäåí âåäóùèìè ãàçåòàìè – áðèòàíñêîé Guardian, èçðàèëüñêîé Ha’aretz, êàíàäñêèìè La Presse è Toronto Star è ìåêñèêàíñêîé Reforma.
Ëîàíêà, íå ïåðåæèâàè... Âèäèøü ñòîèëî òåáå òîëüêî çàïîñòèòü è ÷åðåç íåäåëþ óæå ðåçóëüòàò. Óñëûøàë áîã (è íàðîä Àìåðèêè) òâîè ìîëèòâû...
Â÷åðà è ñåãîäíÿ òàì áûëè âûáîðû â Ñåíàò è Êîíãðåññ (â êîòîðûõ óæå ìíîãèå ãîäû çàïðàâëÿëè ðåñïóáëèêàíöû, òî åñòü äðóçüÿ Áóøà). È òàê êàê 67% íàñåëåíèÿ íå îäîáðÿëè ïîëèòèêó Áóøà (â îñíîâíîì îòíîñÿùóþñÿ ê Èðàêó), îíè ðåøèëè êèíóòü ðåñïóáëèêàíöåâ è ïðîãîëîâîâàëè ïîõîæå çà äåìîêðàòîâ, êîòîðûå òåïåðü (ñ ßíâàðÿ ñëåäóþùåãî ãîäà) áóäóò çàïðàâëàòü è â Ñåíàòå è â Êîíãðåññå, ìåäëåííî êàïàÿ Áóøó íà ìîçãè... Êñòàòè, ïîñëå ðåçóëüòàòîâ ãîëîñîâàíèÿ, ñåãîäíÿ, Ìèíèñòð Îáîðîíû ÑØÀ óøåë â îòñòàâêó...
Are you surprised the Democrats took the House?
No 87%
Yes 13%
Total Votes: 241,529
Did you want the Democrats to take the House?
Yes 64%
No 31%
I didn't care either way 5%
Íèæå ïðèâîæó íåñêîëüêî îòðûâêîâ èç ïðåññû.
Democrats Win House, Move Closer to Control of Senate (Update7)
By Kristin Jensen and Michael Forsythe
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats captured the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years and moved close to taking control of the Senate after a midterm campaign shaped by the war in Iraq and corruption scandals.
Capitalizing on President George W. Bush's declining popularity, Democrats picked up at least 27 House seats, ensuring control of the 435-seat chamber in January. They wrested four Senate seats from Republicans, two shy of the six needed for a majority, as races in Virginia and Montana remained in doubt.
The results set the stage for two years of divided government as Bush attempts to get his policy initiatives through a Democratic House. Bush will also face the possibility of investigations into his administration and a series of new initiatives from Democratic committee chairmen.
``The American people voted for change and they voted for Democrats to take our country in a new direction, and that is exactly what we intend to do,'' said California Representative Nancy Pelosi, who is set to become the first female speaker of the House in January. ``Democrats are ready to lead.''
`Overhanging Cloud'
``The overhanging cloud in this election is the war in Iraq,'' Bill Archer, a former Republican representative from Texas, said on Bloomberg Television. ``It really has brought down many, many Republicans who would otherwise win.''
Experts had predicted only modest Democratic gains until around midyear when Democratic momentum began to build. Going into yesterday, 35 House seats, 33 held by Republicans, were regarded as competitive. Another 30 seats were at least in play, and 27 of those were held by Republicans.
Bush watched the returns in his private study in the White House residence and was informed after 11 p.m. Washington time that the Republicans had lost the House, Bartlett said.
``We readily accept the fact that the House will change to a Democratic majority, and the president looks forward to speaking tomorrow with the new leadership,'' Bartlett said.
Bush, Stung By Election Loss, May Need to Change Style, Agenda
By Richard Keil and Catherine Dodge
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The political world that George W. Bush inhabited for the last six years -- the one he ruled -- ended yesterday.
The new world, in which Democrats have picked up more than the 15 seats needed to control the House while bolstering their ranks in the Senate, will require painful adjustments in the president's governing style, compelling him to choose between the role of a partisan warrior or a more conciliatory leader who seeks bipartisan accords to get things done.
Bush's agenda will change, too. He'll be under intense pressure to pull troops from Iraq; defense of his tax cuts will become more difficult; and plans to revamp New Deal-era social programs will be downsized, or ditched. Immigration overhaul, an energy independence plan, and the pursuit of free-trade pacts may be doable goals -- if Bush can cut deals with foes he once steamrolled.
``It's a new day,'' said former Louisiana Democratic Senator John Breaux. ``If the president wants to get some things accomplished, he's going to have to involve the Democrats.''
Democratic Win Will Lead to More Pressure for Iraq Exit Plan
By Janine Zacharia
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Triumphant Democrats who won control of the House yesterday by hammering the Bush administration's handling of Iraq may be unable to fulfill a promise to do better because of internal splits and limited influence.
In speeches and campaign advertisements, Democrats persuaded a majority of their voters that they could accelerate a pullout of U.S. forces if they won. Democrats now face the prospect of becoming associated with the Iraq problem if they are unable to satisfy those expectations.
``The great risk for Democrats is that the Republicans will try to saddle them with the responsibility for Iraq,'' said Richard Holbrooke, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
The election results may make matters worse for President George W. Bush as he tries to balance calls for a pullout of U.S. forces against the need to maintain enough troops to prevent a full-blown civil war. Disgruntled Republicans have joined Democrats in pressuring Bush to begin to plot an exit.
Limited Power
Democratic gains ``will be read correctly as a very strong message to the president that the American people want to change course in Iraq and want to begin a reduction in our presence there by the end of the year,'' Senator Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, predicted on Nov. 2.
If Bush rebuffs the election results and pressure from his own party, there is little the Democrats can do on their own. ``Congress doesn't have any formal capacity to take direct action,'' said Stephen Walt, a professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
While they can lobby the White House for a new direction, holding up their victory as a mandate for change, and conduct investigative hearings, the president is ultimately responsible for foreign policy.
War Money
A Democratic House is unlikely to wield its ultimate legislative weapon -- the power to control appropriations for the military. The incoming House speaker, Nancy Pelosi of California, has pledged not to cut funding for the war effort.
``The idea that their control immediately leads to a unified plan that takes us in a different direction, I think, is overly optimistic,'' Walt said.
Americans appear to expect Democrats to do just that. A New York Times/CBS News poll published Nov. 2 found 64 percent of the U.S. public disapproving of the way Bush is handling the war. Ninety-two percent of Democrats said they expected American troops will be taken out of Iraq more quickly under a Democratic-led Congress.
The Iraqi government is wary of any rapid pullout. ``I think that there is an awareness on the part of most responsible officials of both parties that a precipitous withdrawal from Iraq is not in anyone's interests, certainly not in the interests of anyone who would like to see stability restored,'' Feisal al-Istrabadi, Iraq's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview.
Voters were motivated to back Democrats in part ``because they see them as more likely to bring the war to an end,'' said Robert Dallek, who has written nine books on presidential and election history.
Democrats on Brink of Senate Control
By CALVIN WOODWARD
WASHINGTON (Nov. -- Democrats won a cliffhanger race in Montana on Wednesday that took them to the brink of control of the Senate, after Americans sick of scandal and weary of war brought down the Republican House majority.
"It was a thumpin,'" President Bush told reporters at a White House news conference.
Reflecting the redrawn Washington landscape, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld agreed to step down, satisfying Democratic demands.
With Democrats now assured of 50 Senate seats, the battle for outright control came down to Virginia, where the party's candidate, Jim Webb, held a small lead.
For Republicans, it was an election that started out grim and got only grimmer with the new day. First, voters brought down the Republican House majority after 12 years in power, and gave Democrats a majority of governorships for the first time in just as long.
Bush called Democratic leaders to congratulate them and he expressed both disappointment and surprise over the vote.
Democrats Take Control of House
Return to Power After 12 Years of GOP Control
By LIZ SIDOTI
AP
WASHINGTON (Nov. -- Democrats won control of the House early Wednesday after a dozen years of Republican rule in a resounding repudiation of a war, a president and a scandal-scarred Congress.
By 5:15 a.m. Wednesday, Democrats had won 228 seats, enough for control, and were leading for another 4, which would give them 232. Republicans, who hold 229 seats in the current House, won 193 and were leading in another 10, which would give them 203.
Democrats had captured 27 Republican-controlled seats, and no Democratic incumbent had lost thus far. Races were too close to call in more than a dozen seats, making it impossible to determine exactly how large the Democratic margin would be.
Still, 2006 already was an eerie reversal of 1994, when the GOP gained 54 seats in a wave that toppled Democrats after four decades. No Republican incumbent lost that year.
This time, Republicans fell from power in every region of the country -- conservative, liberal and moderate -- as well as in every type of district -- urban, rural and suburban. Exit polls showed middle class voters who fled to the GOP a dozen years ago appeared to return to the Democrats.
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