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Are the Democrats Going to Fall Out of Power?
Unemployment, bank bailouts and government gridlock have created a nightmare scenario for the party in power. Some Washington pundits are suggesting the Democrats might lose control of either the House or the Senate. We get an early rundown of this year’s elections. Also, hearings on Toyota begin in the House, and President Hamid Karzai makes a political move that alienates his western supporters.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenUnemployment, bank bailouts and government gridlock have created a nightmare scenario for the party in power. Some Washington pundits are suggesting the Democrats might lose control of either the House or the Senate. We get an early rundown of this year’s elections. Also, hearings on Toyota begin in the House, and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai takes control of the political watchdog group that discovered corruption in last year's election.
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3 storiesHearings on Toyota Begin in the House
Both Toyota and the National Transportation Safety Administration came in for harsh criticism today on Capitol Hill, from members of Congress and from witnesses, including Rhonda Smith, a Tennessee woman who said she was called a liar when she reported that her Lexus suddenly accelerated to 100 miles per hour.
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Charlie Cook, one of Washington's respected pundits, says watching the Democrats since August has been like " watching a car wreck in slow motion ." Just one year after a Democratic landslide, Cook is not alone in saying that angry voters might give either the House or the Senate back to the Republicans.
Read the story38 minKarzai Takes Control of Afghan Election Watchdog
Last year, Afghanistan's Electoral Complaints Commission discovered so much fraud in the presidential election that it required a run-off . That never happened, but Hamid Karzai promised to clean his house of corruption.
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