Friday, November 27, 2009

Politics

Commentary: Winners and Losers

By Liz Halloran
Posted 11/8/06

Updated 11/9/06, 11:23 a.m.

The dust had barely settled when clear winners and losers began to emerge from the Democrats' dramatic capture of Congress. We decided to take a look at who's up and who's down now that so many familiar GOP faces will be taking their last government-paid shuttle back home at the end of this year and fresh leaders will emerge. From winners like the new most powerful woman in the United States (sorry, Hillary and Condi, but you'll have to get in line behind Nancy) to losers like the president's "stay the course" strategy in Iraq, the new world order is looking very interesting indeed.

Contributors: Dan Gilgoff, Bret Schulte, Marianne Lavelle, and Angie C. Marek

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