George W. Bush and his Republicans suffered a crushing defeat in elections to the Congress - by
Eugene Bay (Washington), Helen Shesternina

At the elections in the U.S. Congress, that in fact became rehearsal of presidential election-2008, George W. Bush ’s Republican Party suffered a crushing defeat. Democrats for the first time in last 12 years, returned to regain control of the House of Representatives, won in the most of states, where held governors’ elections, and have every chance to ensure a majority in the Senate.
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On Monday in Moscow with official visit will arrive U.S. Secretary of the State Condoleezza Rice and the head of the U.S. Department of Defense Robert Gates. It is planed to meet with Vladimir Putin.

I do not think that here were taken some breakthrough fateful decision - in effect that the current U.S. president and will spend less than a year on his post. In such situation the president of America is called ‘lame duck’, and also his personal popularity rating is low. In these circumstances, a maximum of what can be expected from this meeting is that the parties agree not to take any steps that could further harm US-Russian relations. I do not see any issues on which the parties could on the basis of this meeting conclude convergence or agreement.
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