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# Post-elections morning: not such a bad hangover
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/19017/
- Published: 2006-11-08T15:11:34.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:35:32.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

**By Jessica Reed**

Solana, Tony and Anthony are still probably drinking champagne (or enjoying a well deserve nap after a presumably long night) as the UK wakes up to the US elections results. Amongst the main details which are currently widely commented on the blogopshere, many high profile bloggers are [commenting](http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/2006/11/yes-maam.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) the appointment of Nancy Pelosi as the [first](http://feministing.com/archives/006019.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) female Speaker of the House. Pelosi comes off as fiercly partisan, as the [BBC reports](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6107062.stm?ref=opendemocracy.net) that her agenda for the first 100 hours of a House led by the Democrats would be as follow:

 *\* bringing in rules to break links between lobbyists and legislation* 
 *\* enacting all the 9/11 Commission recommendations* 
 *\* raising the minimum wage* 
 *\* expanding stem cell research*  

Also the source of e-mockery: the defeat of Rick Santorum, [welcomed](http://time.blogs.com/daily%5Fdish/2006/11/emails%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fn.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) by [many](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/11/7/222135/082?ref=opendemocracy.net) but [toasted with champagne](http://www.thestranger.com/blog/2006/11/dan%5Fsavage%5Ftoasts%5Fri.php?ref=opendemocracy.net) by journalist Dan Savage, who [back in 2004](http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/index2.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) launched a massively popular campaign to, erm, "add meaning" to the Pennsylvania Senator's last name (the campaign's website shows up as[ the number 1 result](http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-37,GGGL:en&q=santorum&ref=opendemocracy.net) when typing Santorum on Google).

*Picture via* [*Esther17*](http://flickr.com/photos/esther17/291775882/?ref=opendemocracy.net)*'s flickR page.*