Wednesday, November 08, 2006
"Red States Are Gonna Clear Up"
So months ago I went on a small tyrade about politics and how the American people never let the pendulum swing too far one direction or another. Well, my theory proved to be true again last night.
I woke up this morning to turn on the Today Show (Meredith V. - LOVE HER!) to hear what I believe most of the American people wanted...no...needed to hear. Democrats have taken the House, the Senate and most of the Governor races across the country.
The race in my homestate, Virginia, they are saying is too close to really call, but the Democrat candidate, Webb, is ahead on votes there as well.
The races in my new homestate, New York, swung all the way back to the Left with Democrats taking every seat they ran for.
Hillary Clinton in 2008? Maybe not this time around, but we could see her take a front driver's seat position in the Senate now that her (our) party has become a force again.
But what does this all mean from an American population standpoint. Sure, more voters turned out this year than past mid-term elections, but the last major midpoint election was during Clinton's administration in 1994. So I don't believe there are more Republicans than Democrats or vice versa.
What I do believe (and my faith has been put back in) the fact that the voting public can think for themselves and are not bound by political lines. The majority of the American public vote for and need stability during times when we feel that we need security in our own lives, and then vote for and need change when it is actually appropriate.
The conflict in Iraq (I refuse to call it a war at this point) was still too new and too uncertain back in 2004. The American people, still three years later, were reeling from the Sept. 11 attacks. I don't believe we are anymore. I live in the most affected city. I don't feel fear; I feel empowerment; I feel American.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is such a thing of too much of a [good] thing. And the American people recognized this.
Another sign that the world demands balance.....Britany Spears filed for divorce yesterday from K-Fed. Thank The Lord.
I woke up this morning to turn on the Today Show (Meredith V. - LOVE HER!) to hear what I believe most of the American people wanted...no...needed to hear. Democrats have taken the House, the Senate and most of the Governor races across the country.
The race in my homestate, Virginia, they are saying is too close to really call, but the Democrat candidate, Webb, is ahead on votes there as well.
The races in my new homestate, New York, swung all the way back to the Left with Democrats taking every seat they ran for.
Hillary Clinton in 2008? Maybe not this time around, but we could see her take a front driver's seat position in the Senate now that her (our) party has become a force again.
But what does this all mean from an American population standpoint. Sure, more voters turned out this year than past mid-term elections, but the last major midpoint election was during Clinton's administration in 1994. So I don't believe there are more Republicans than Democrats or vice versa.
What I do believe (and my faith has been put back in) the fact that the voting public can think for themselves and are not bound by political lines. The majority of the American public vote for and need stability during times when we feel that we need security in our own lives, and then vote for and need change when it is actually appropriate.
The conflict in Iraq (I refuse to call it a war at this point) was still too new and too uncertain back in 2004. The American people, still three years later, were reeling from the Sept. 11 attacks. I don't believe we are anymore. I live in the most affected city. I don't feel fear; I feel empowerment; I feel American.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is such a thing of too much of a [good] thing. And the American people recognized this.
Another sign that the world demands balance.....Britany Spears filed for divorce yesterday from K-Fed. Thank The Lord.
// posted by ProudJock Matt @ 7:37 AM 
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