Well, now we live with it.

[lunadelcorvo]

It seems we have a Republican house, and are damn close to having a Republican Senate, or at least a Senate with no clear majority. This is no real surprise, although it is a bit of a disappointment. However unrealistic, I had rather hoped for a surge of 'not gonna let it happen' from the Left. (Rand Paul? Really!? You thought this was a good idea? SRSLY!?!)

So now what? If the GOP is as uncooperative as they have promised they will be, I suppose this will be a few years in which there will be a terrific noise and bluster, and little real action. There is of course, talk of impeachment, but I hope I am not optimistic to say I think that threat has no real weight behind it. Clearly, the White House will be able to get nothing done, which is to say that it will accomplish even less than it has so far, which isn't saying much.

All in all, I'd rather have a mid-term shift than a term-end sweep. At this point, I guess the best possible thing is to hope that the Tea Party Right make such collective asses of themselves that even the mouth-breathing, slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging electorate in this country will have no choice but to show them the door for a good long time.

I just wonder what this place will look like by the time people figure out they've been had?

Comments

2012

[ahrensm.livejournal.com]

Our only hope is if the Rep party runs Sarah Palin in 2012 and I think they will..

Re: 2012

[raven-moon.livejournal.com]

I don't know - there seems to be some indication that the GOP is trying to back away from her, though I can't imagine who they'd pull out in her place. (And every possibility I do think of is worse than the last...)

I think regardless of who they run in 2012, a lot of it will depend on how badly the GOP screws over their power base in the nest 2 years. Fortunately, they tend to be pretty reliable in that respect, at least....