Roll Up Your Sleeves
Now that the Democrats have come from behind and beat the odds, the hard work is before them. They now have to back up their rhetoric with action. Meanwhile the Dems are now at the mercy of their own brain trust. They better have some ideas or the next president will be Republican.
The lame duck congress will work fast to do further harm, in the guise of national security, to further their ideological baggage. Their time is running out. No quarter this time.
While the President is still relevant, his perception of relevancy is in play as to how he chooses to act: if he feels overrun by the new congress, he will push right wing motions to counterbalance. This way, when congress balks Republicans can whine that congress doesn’t want to play nice. If the president feels he’s been treated fairly by congress work will get done. Since Mr. Bush is already a lame duck and since he has no other elections to worry about, he’ll likely want to look at the big picture and start worrying about his legacy. As things now stand the history books might be hard on him.
Regarding the presidential legacy and the Democrats in congress, much work needs doing. Given this, I think that 2007 is the year that the government will finally work again. For the life of me, I can’t think of a single item of progress enacted by congress in 2006. Can you?
Get to work, people!