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On Oct 12, 12:57 pm, George Cleveland
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Its important that Democrats not get complacent but rather take the
attitude that an absolute crushing of the Party of Bush is a first
step in exacting justice for the disaster of the last 8 years. With
more to come.

hth

GeoC

Regardless of any other considerations, a "landslide" might be a good
thing, giving the incumbent the necessary power to actually implement
reform. One of the major problems facing reform in many parties and
governments is the deadlocking which occurs through lack of
majorities, which effectively blocks many things.

One must also remember that the will to reform is one thing, having
the power to actually do it is quite another, and that by and large
civil servants are mainly responsible for implementing policy, and not
politicians. If those civil servants block or frustrate policy, then
the politicians are basically powerless.

Of course, some of those reforms may also be something that many don´t
want, as they might well negatively affect their present status. Many
things are as they are because people wish them to stay that way.

Democracy itself has one major flaw, in that it assumes equality on
the part of the participants. This is obviously not the case. When
capitalism is added to this, then the concept and operation becomes
even more skewed, usually in favour of those with the most clout.

"Crushing" a party would not seem to be a particularly good idea,
especially in this case, as it would remove many checks and balances.
Although it may seem that a particular party is responsible for a lot
of unfortunate circumstances, because they happen to be in power, this
is rarely the case. It takes cooperation on many levels to implement
various things, and both parties are involved in this.

Also, having a majority does not automatically guarantee success in
any particular situation.

This type of "scapegoat" thinking merely results in more problems. One
can not do anything about what happened yesterday, one can only change
what will happen today or tomorrow.


Reform? What exactly are his reform policies? Both the candidates are
scary. I just think Obama and his life long political leanings are more
scary than McCain's. And Obama and Pelosi are an extremely scary combo.