Posted by
Thespis on Sunday, November 19, 2006 2:53:59 PM
The post election political situation in Washington DC and in Columbus, Ohio has been more interesting than the dull and lackluster campaign season. Usually, when one party wins a landslide in an election, the platform of the elected party appears on the horizon as the winds of change bring in the man on the white horse. Since today’s democrats did not put forth any unified campaign positions, and are generally at war with each other (witness the Murtha debacle of this past week in the House of Representatives), there is no clear direction for the democrats to pursue as they now must share power and finish their incessant complaining about everything. The shrill tones of their daily grumbling have sounded one too many futile tone clusters of obnoxious opposition. It seems that these democrats may not know how to share power.
Senator Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina summed up the Iraqi War situation on the Sunday prior to the election when she said that the “democrats appear to be content with losing in Iraq.” While no one with any political savvy thinks that the voters endorsed the Pelosi/Murtha “cut and run” strategy, Pelosi vigorously promoted Murtha as her first salvo in getting America out of Iraq immediately. Pelosi says we are losing. She is content with losing. Surely, rationale minds in the democrat party will reach the conclusion that the United States of America can not leave Iraq to the terrorists and allow fascism to spread over the entire Middle East.
President Bush has said that the only way we can lose is to not finish the job. Surely, even liberals must realize that American must finish the job. The United States must finish the mission in Iraq.
As the democrats scramble to figure out what issues they won on, nothing will happen in Washington. Democrats will likely turn on each other, and wait to see what direction the Hilary wind blows.
In Columbus, it will be in interesting to see if Ted Strickland can govern on the mandate to get rid of every republican-especially Bob Taft. My guess is that most of the liberal interest groups will be very disappointed in Strickland’s ability to enact any of the socialist, leftist agenda they think that he was elected on.
In the next eight to twelve months, liberal gloating will turn into liberal drivel, confusion, bitterness, and a long list of liberal complaints about everything. These liberals don’t know how to lead. I’ve heard that they are counting on meeting Jack, Nancy, Ned, and Sherrod in Okinawa for a drink as soon as the troops are re-deployed there. If the troops never make it, what will these liberal elitists think of their own leadership? Perhaps the house will follow the moonbat of the month, Dennis Kucinich in stripping the troops of their funding now.
The warring democrats don’t have long to finally develop a platform (besides minimum wage increases and immigrant amnesty) to get party unity and make use of their victory. Watching them squirm as leadership is foist upon them will be the best game in town for the next six months.