Trying to get the US political system to do anything, Kryten, is a long, slow process. Congress is run by careerists who tend to be right of center and cautious to a fault. Gringrich showed it wasn’t necessary, and the Repubs showed that bipartisanship and consensus is irrelevant, but Dems are falling back into their old ways.
The only way to truly change things is in the primaries, to start dumping the careerists and get some people into Congress who understand the problems of the country.
]]>I think we all know that if there is any hope of fixing the mess, it will take someone with a huge amount of guts, integrity and intelligence. For me, Hillary is in it more for herself than anyone else, ditto Obama… I mean, they both have agenda’s they are trying to keep to themselves. Edwards, for me, is the lesser of the *evils*. His history suggests he has some issues also,.. but maybe he is smart enough to realize that now is not the time for playing silly games. The biggest problem is that anyone who truly wants to *fix* things, has to include their own party! Both the Democrats and Republicans are a mess. And both parties know it, and both will make sure nobody who would try has a chance.
The most telling recent event for me was the Filibuster of the FISA bill by Dodd and Feingold. Clinton and Obama decided that campaigning for the crown was more important than supporting a filibuster of this bill. And now, the bill is up again, and once again, Harry Ried wants to pass it. And once again, Clinton and Obama are conspicuosly silent.
The only Dem Prez candidate I can actually *see* that has some guts and moral fiber, is Dodd. And it seems he has no chance now.
Only way I can honestly see anything being truly fixed, is… Viva La Revolucion!
But… That will never happen in today’s America. Of course, in the America of a century ago… it would probably have happened by now. 🙂
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LEAD or get out of the way
It’s not so much what any of them are saying, it’s what they have done… their history if you like. 🙂
]]>It was probably the lull between cold fronts and the change in barometric pressure, John B. I’ve been thinking about it for a while and then my other choices starting dropping out.
]]>The marriage will survive: We agree we’ll both be voting for whoever the Democrats nominate. There is no other rational choice among all the announced candidates of the political parties — or the Unannounced One of no party, for that matter.
]]>Besides…he’s the only one talking about Katrina and the Gulf Coast. The region seems to have slipped everyone else’s mind.
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