| I have a theory about the election, and why Republicans did so well. It goes back to the final days of George W. Bush’s administration, when the American people were clamoring for the United States to get the heck out of Iraq. The Republican administration was intractable on the subject and used the lack of a Democratic super majority to block legislation to end the war. Voters realized the only way to end the war was to vote in a super majority of Democrats. That’s what happened. Now we’re pretty much out of Iraq. Now the country is in a painfully slow recovery from a recession. People want jobs. Mission accomplished on Iraq, however, Democrats don’t seem to be able to provide jobs. So, boot them out and let the GOPtake a shot at it. Here’s the thing, if the Republicans spend the next two years in an obstructionist frenzy instead of working with Democrats to create jobs, the voters will return a super majority of Democrats to both houses of Congress and the Republican party will be mortally wounded. So far the Republican leadership has said it plans to spend its energies repealing health care reform rather than addressing the need for new jobs. Bad call, for both the Republican Party and the people of the United States. |
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