We’ll have to wait until Wednesday to hear what George W. Bush thinks of tonight’s election results, but we’re getting a pretty good sense of Democratic reaction.
Some highlights, so far:
Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean: “We’re finally beginning to become a national party again.”
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid: “All across America tonight, from the deserts around Searchlight, Nev., to the tenements of Brooklyn, N.Y., and everything in between, there is in the air a wind of change. Americans all over America tonight have said, ‘We want a change.’ All over America tonight, they’ve come to the conclusion, as we did some time ago, that a one-party town simply doesn’t work. American has come to the conclusion, as we did months ago, that we must change direction in Iraq.”
House Speaker-to-Be Nancy Pelosi: “Tonight is a great victory for the American people today. The American people voted for change. They voted for Democrats to take our country in a new direction, and that is exactly what we intend to do. The American people voted for a new direction to restore civility and bipartisanship in Washington, D.C., and Democrats promise to work together in a bipartisan way for all Americans. The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C. And the Democrats intend to lead the most honest … and most ethical Congress in history.”
