Voters Fire Democrats Nationwide

A tidal wave of voter anger today swept the Republicans to a historic victory in the U.S. mid-term elections.

President Barack Obama is facing a bleak political landscape after voters delivered a stinging blow, handing control of the House of Representatives over to the GOP.

Media outlets across the country are confidently projecting an enormous Republican victory with Fox anticipating a massive gain of 60 seats for the Republicans - the biggest margin for 62 years.

As of 4.15am Eastern time this morning, the Republican party had netted 59 formerly Democratic seats and led in five more by early today, easily exceeding the 40 needed to gain a majority.

The Republican wins surpassed their sweep in 1994, when President Bill Clinton's Democrats lost 54 House seats, and was the biggest shift in power since Democrats lost 75 House seats in 1948.

Democrats captured only three Republican seats-- one of them was the only Republican to vote for the Healthcare bill that was forced through the House and Senate without Republican input.

Fox News's Dana Perino claimed America's 'trial separation' from Obama had begun.

'The passion from the first days of dating has cooled and some people can’t remember what they saw in him in the first place.
'There’s not even a courtesy thrown his way to soften the blow, as in “It’s not you, it’s me…” because it is, actually, about him – his policies, approach, tone and agenda.'

The House has the power to raise revenue through taxes and control spending, to impeach officials and to elect the president in case of a deadlock. It can also hold hearings and investigations - a cudgel that could be used to stymie the Obama administration.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid won the country's most high-profile Senate race after a brutal battle with Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle in Nevada. Despite having narrowly won, Reid sounded bitter and angry in his victory speech:

'The bell that just rang isn't the end of the fight. It's the start of the next round,' Reid told jubilant supporters in Nevada.

Democrats also won key Senate races in West Virginia and California, where Senator Barbara Boxer won re-election, ensuring they would retain at least a slender Senate majority.

Senate Republicans gained six seats and the re-election bids of two other Democratic incumbents - Michael Bennet in Colorado and Patty Murray in Washington - were too close to call.

Speaking on Fox last night in reaction to the House projection, Sarah Palin said: 'That's an earthquake.'
Sixty is huge,' she added. 'It really isn’t a surprise though I think to so many who have been tracking closely the mood, the sentiment of the American public.

'To me that’s an earthquake. It is a huge message sent. It is a shakeup and then we’re going to see some of the shakeup in the Senate too.

'It is a big darn deal,' Palin added. 'There is a lot of disenchantment and some disenfranchisement that the American public feels when we’re trying to relate to what government is doing to our country right now. So it’s a big deal to see this shakeup to see this turnaround.'

The power switch will mean that Nancy Pelosi's reign as America's first woman House Speaker is over.
She will be replaced by Boehner when Congress reconvenes after the election.

Boehner was overcome with emotion as he celebrated the Republican victory. He said the American people have sent 'an unmistakable message' to President Obama.

'And that message is - change course,' he said. 'We hope that President Obama will respect the will of the people and change course and commit to making changes that they are demanding.

'To the extent that he is willing to do that, we are willing to work with him. But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as it expressed it tonight. See Chick's THE POOR REVOLUTIONIST.