Again With The Pendulum
Monday, September 12th, 2005Our two-party system of political antitheses give rise to an interesting (to me anyway) phenomenon I call the Political Pendulum. As noted earlier this year the mammoth, razor-sharp blade has begun its backswing. During late winter its momentum hovered in near-stasis until the circus that began with Terri Schiavo. At that time the first inkling of reverse motion began. Slowly, the massive pendulum of political dissent began a leftward track, hastened by the mounting deaths in Iraq, the price of oil, and the fallout of DeLay trials and Frist fits, then by sheer mass as pole after pole announced lower approval ratings for incumbents. Finally, Katrina blew in, and governmental inaction gave the swinging blade yet more impetus. Its time for all good Democrats to stop cringing and take action. The blade is swinging in our favor.