Originally Posted by Piddzilla
I've been away for a few days and I was surprised to find exactly zero (0) posts about the American Congress election when I came back. Here in Sweden, where we follow American politics pretty closely, it's been all over the news for weeks and especially now when it's clear that the Democrats won the majority in both houses. And then Rumsfeld had to go.
I'm interested in everyone's thoughts about this. What do you think will be the outcome from this? Will anything be different? What effect do you think this will have on the presidential election in two years?
I'm interested in everyone's thoughts about this. What do you think will be the outcome from this? Will anything be different? What effect do you think this will have on the presidential election in two years?
You know, after so many years of Republican dominance it all seems like a dream. I keep pinching myself thinking "did that really happen?" I'm no fan of political parties, especially when the only two viable parties keep trying to out-do each other in the "culture war." I believe in a vital, multiparty system that represents all shades of the spectrum. A pipe dream for sure, but a dream nonetheless.
The immediate outcome is too far off for me to see through the haze of the waking dream. I'm not sure anything the Dems propose will fly without some serious kibitzing and a lot of compromise. Is this a good thing? My reactionary side says hell no, my rational side saw what happened to the contract with America, how the president at the time claimed responsibility for what did pass and the rest became the stuff of legend.
As far as Rumsfeld, boy howdy, where to start. Lets just say that Bush knew full well that if the dems took control Mr Rumsfeld would be emasculated, the smart thing was to gracefully step aside, and they both did the smart thing. The thing was, IMO, that nobody in the GOP expected to lose when the famous "decider" spiel was given.
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