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Another Political Question
Do you really think it is a good idea to have the far left running the entire federal goverment? And your a political scientist? I'm just saying.Lulu76 wrote:It would probably take me 100 years to make $125,000, so I'm not too worried. That's not a tree to bark up with me.
I am a political scientist. I have looked at every map out there and put together every scenario possible with the electoral college map. At current polling statistics, even taking into account the Bradley Effect, it is very highly unlikely that John McCain can get 270 electoral votes. Now, if there are shenanigans, and I'm sure there will be, then President McCain can drive our country into the ground for eight more years or until he dies, whichever comes first.
I don't believe anything because Obama tells me to. I have been playing the numbers game on election night for two decades now, and in 2004, I looked at the map and knew John Kerry couldn't win either, or Gore before him. I might vote Democratic, but I've studied this stuff and I'm smart enough to know to call it for whoever's actually winning.
Well, as you know there are three branches of government designed to create a system of checks and balances. In the event that the "far left" would make a law in the Congress, and it was signed off by the liberal president, it could then be challenged by the Supreme Court, which last time I checked could not be described as liberal by any stretch of the imagination.
I do not believe that every Democrat in the Congress is nearly as far to the left as you think. In fact, many of them are moderates. At the end of the day, they are responsible to their constituents more than they are to the President. And, if they do not vote the way their district wants them to, they will lose their jobs. Remember the Republican Revolution of 1994? That was a direct result of the Democrats passing Bill Clinton's budget bill. For more historical context on how that all went down, the book "The Agenda" by Bob Woodward is a good read.
I do not believe that every Democrat in the Congress is nearly as far to the left as you think. In fact, many of them are moderates. At the end of the day, they are responsible to their constituents more than they are to the President. And, if they do not vote the way their district wants them to, they will lose their jobs. Remember the Republican Revolution of 1994? That was a direct result of the Democrats passing Bill Clinton's budget bill. For more historical context on how that all went down, the book "The Agenda" by Bob Woodward is a good read.
Lulu - lets send all the Dems a copy of that book so they dont get too stupid. If they do, history will repeat and someone like Newt will lead another charge in and they will lose the one thing every politician craves - power.
When we come to place where the sea and the sky collide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
Well, it's all about checks and balances. If you don't like the way your representative is doing things, you have the right to vote them out.jmq wrote:Lulu - lets send all the Dems a copy of that book so they dont get too stupid. If they do, history will repeat and someone like Newt will lead another charge in and they will lose the one thing every politician craves - power.
Well, then there really isn't anything to worry about regarding the balance of power, is there?SJfromNJ wrote:The senate is now and will continute to be controled by the Democrats. They will not obtain a filabuster proof senate, maybe 58 or 59 seats including Lieberman who is now an indy/rep. There is also another indy fron NH I belive.