Capitulation and over-anlysis.

The election is over at last. We get at least a six month respite from active campaigning before the 2008 Presidential campaigns get into full swing. Of course that entire six months will be spent dissecting and analyzing every detail of the election we just had.

But the truth is probably a lot simpler than all of the analysis will lead you to believe. The sad truth is that a good deal of the voting public was disappointed in the results of 6 years of Republican majority. the Democrats, of course virulently hated every moment of it, and conservatives and moderates had no trouble finding things to be upset about. Be it rampant spending, corruption, the war in Iraq, weakness on immigration, or general weakness of the GOP Congressional Leadership, there was something to bother everyone.

So the system did what is was supposed to do. Booted out the party that was the the problem and replaced them with the other guys. The downside is that the other guys are no better. They think the GOP didn't spend enough, their policies toward Iraq are equally bad, they are just as corrupt, just as weak on immigration, and their leadership will likely prove to be joke.

There is no real choice between the two parties. All we seem to have done is switch from the right shoe to the left one. But we are still walking in the same direction.

And this just in: In a move no doubt designed to pre-empt an inevitable Democratic Party congressional issue, President Bush has announced the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, despite repeated assertions of his undying support for Rummy. Let the cutting and running begin.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 08:44 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment