Yes, I know I should have posted last night, But really wanted to see how things worked out. We saw the end of this republican rule. President Bush will be a little less smug and wont be smirking quite so much.
First let me wish Mr Rick Santorum well in whatever he decides to do in Virginia. Let this be a lesson to our politicians here in Pennsylvania. Why did Mr. Santorum lose? Simply he forgot who he was representing. Down here in the Valley we really don't expect our politicians to be perfect. We do expect them to maintain a residence here in Pennsylvania. We also expect them to work for us and not be taking photo ops with the bigwigs in Washington. While the fantasy of being able to do that as a President may have played through his head. The reality is that he was in Washington to do a job. One he continuously failed to do properly.
Please do note that we sent Representative Dent back to Congress and he is republican. So what was the difference? Aside from what I have already written. The real difference is that instead of playing to a national audience he talked to the voters in his district in a meaningful way.
While Mr Santorum may, or may not, have a dream of running for the Presidency. Which is fine if he does. Just don't always expect your constituency to back that dream. The folks back here want our Representatives and Senators to represent us. Which is what Representative Dent and Senator Spector have done.
On to other things. What does all this mean to me. Well, I expect this Congress to start to get a handle on Iraq. On the economy, as well as bringing business back to America.
Note I do not expect nor is there a real expectation that this Congress will accomplish all these things. Just start the ball rolling and keep the momentum up till either after the Presidential elections. I would like to see something come to fruition of course. The real question will President Bush really work with this Democratic Congress?
Will the President try and force his agenda in spite of the losses? He might. He has nothing to lose certainly. He has taken a healthy rebuke from the American people. Though He is still rumbling that his policy concerning Iraq is not going to change.
Typical. Really it is. Young people are dieing over there for this man ego. He really, I would guess can't shake the feeling that he should run the war and that congress should now just leave it alone. He is going to find out that this is only a beginning. The war will come to an end.
Whether it is with him or not. I expect that he will be spanked more than once. Isn't it interesting that now that they are not in power that suddenly the idea of working together suddenly becomes attractive again. Sacrificing Rumsfeld to the alter of political necessity is only a begining.
Mr. DeLay has voiced that the democrats didn't win. The republican party lost. Uhuh. Mr. DeLay that means that the Democrats WON. And there was just as many republican as conservatives in that line yesterday. More than a few voiced what a disappointment that republican party had become. Most let drop that their vote was going to the democrats. And for the most part that was true. Note we, here in Pennsylvania, did send Rep. Dent back. If your base stayed home. Then how did this man get elected?
No, the American public is sick of republican parties running roughshod over everyone. The democrats won. Take it like an adult and live with it.
But as always today the democrats have won. Tommorow may have a different answer.
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