its hard for me to get excited about this one. even if the democrats do win the house (likely) and the senate (… less likely), i don’t believe they will be the opposition party that progressives want them to be. i might be wrong. i HOPE i am wrong. but they will still have to compromise with an imperial presidency that they helped create through their own inaction.
it takes no backbone whatsoever to take a stand on an issue (specifically, iraq) only after the majority of Americans have finally decided the situation there is royally f***ed. it doesn’t leave me brimming with confidence when all the opposition can say is “look how bad they messed up. we need to change direction.” well, what direction do we need to go in, fellas? seriously.
it will take leaders of vision and intelligence to get us out of this mess without letting that country (or worse, the whole region) dissolve into a never ending firefight on top of a spilled can of gas. to my eyes no democrat (or republican, or anyone really) has demonstrated they are up to the task. i guess that's what good politics is all about.
that being said, at least there will be a few less bible-thumping right-wing crazies walking the halls in D.C.
i guess we’ll see…
ARJUNA ADDS: i just heard an interview this morning (11/8/06) on npr with jack murtha. they asked him point blank (as cnn did to howard dean last night)what the new iraq direction is. he had nothing concrete. just sound bites. the fucker couldn't even say anything stronger than that iraq qasn't going so well and things ought to change. when are the dems going to finally stand up?
but yes, junky, at least there's a little less churchy in the house (and the senate, too).
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