Looks like Bush is developing a bit of a headache. There's a good chance that Dubya could be experiencing a 2-year migraine, now that control of both the House and Senate are in the hands of the Democrats. For the first time since 1994, the Legislative branch of our fair, Federal government will be dominated by a Left-wing perspective, which should provide more of a balance to the agenda of our Commander-In-Chief.Was the midterm election a referendum on President Bush? For the most part, yes. A president with an approval rating in the 30's isn't going to do much in terms of exciting the Party base. A high body count in the third year of a war that people are increasingly becoming sick of isn't going to help either.
But, was Tuesday a nationwide ringing endorsement of a liberal shift in our social conscious? No. People voted for change, and courtesy of a Two-Party system, the Elephants and Donkeys traded spaces in Washington.
And although new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is looking forward to "working in a confidence-building way with the president," I'm sure there will be quite a few political conflicts in the future.
An early casualty in this political war is Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld "resigned" (which in Washington means fired) and will be replaced with another guy with ties to Bush Sr., Robert Gates. So, only time will tell if Rumsfeld's resignation will result in big policy changes in Iraq.
So in spite of the momentous Congress Party shift, some questions still remain.
Are our voices as American citizens going to be heard better with a Democratic Congress?
Will there be more of a focus on the issues that are relevant to the middle-class and the working-class?
Will partisanship and party politics create gridlock in Washington, or will the President and Congress be able to acheive compromise on common goals?
show me what you got baby,
OSharif82
