It's November 8th 2006, the Democratic Party has just succeeded in achieving a massive election victory, winning a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and within the Senate.
The Democratic won 233 seats in the House and 50 seats in the Senate, compared to the Republicans 202 in the House and 49 in the Senate along with 1 Independent Senator. It had been expected that Bernie Sanders would also stay as an Independent following his election on an Independent Democratic but it has been announced that he will take the Democratic Whip.
The Democrats even succeeded in the gubernatorial results where they overtook the Republican majority with the Republican's holding only 22 Governorships and the Democrats winning 28 Governorships.
The Bush presidency is now left in tatters, however a shock decision has been made that Donald Rumsfeld will remain in his post as Secretary of Defence and that the Government will push ahead with the war in Iraq because it is the right thing to do for the safety of the world and of the United States.
Finally the Democratic and Republican parties are beginning to gear up for the inevitable announcements that are to come in the next few months with people declaring there intention to seek election as President of the United States. Most of the political news surrounding the Republican and Democratic nominations are the possibilities that Governor Mitt Romney and Senator Hillary Clinton will seek election for their respective parties.
The Senate Leadership for the Democratic Party seemed to be fairly self evident, Harry Reid is expected to take on the role without having to face an election but there are mummers that Barack Obama is considering challenging him for the Majority Leadership. The Leadership of the House of Representatives clearly seems to be much more volatile, Nancy Pelosi and Gabrielle Giffords both have stated that they would be interested in seeking election as Speaker of the House and it is expect that others will announce their interest in the coming days.
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This is the background to where i am going to begin with my Timeline, there are very subtle changes right now with Bernie Sanders taking the Democratic whip and joining the party, Bush keeping on Rumsfeld and the discussion of who will take on the leadership of each party in the aftermath.
This is my first time doing this, only joined a few days ago so please enjoy my first attempt
