Leadership from '06 to '08
Tomorrow is the big day for the Democrats. It's hard to believe that they won't get at least the House of Representatives with an outside chance of getting the Senate. The issue is not who runs the country, but what's the direction? The Republicans have legitimately criticized the Dems for running against Bush rather than having their own plan and there's something to be said for that argument.
The economy is in pretty good shape, but no one seems to have noticed. The Patriot Act is the law of the land and is the tip of an iceberg of troublesome legislation floating out there. We're still in Iraq and more US soldiers are dying and being maimed there every day. There doesn't seem to be a reasonable exit strategy. Iran is a problem as now is Korea.
If the Dems win, what will they do? I fear that they will be given enough rope to hang themselves. The two years between the elections is not enough to effect change (especially without a good vision), but long enough to be blamed for doing no better than their Republican forebears. We could end up with a Bush heir to the throne in '08, because of a Dem sweep tomorrow, followed by ineffective poltical management.
Posted on November 06, 2006
