The plain simple truth is that Democrats will lose seats this coming election. Some speak of this with ill feelings cursing Republicans and gripping about how the economic mess we are in is really all their fault. Republicans cheer the fact that the world is finally seeing the Democrats for what they are.
Both sides are misguided in their interpretations of this information. First, Democrats claimed they could clean up the ‘economic mess’ left by Republicans ( this despite the fact it was not caused by a political party ) after controlling house and Senate for six years people have finally come to terms with the fact that Democrats cannot in fact fix the problem. The Democrats had carte-blanche for almost two years and all they managed to do is spend more, and more, and more. With little in the way of bettering the economic lookout.
Currently the only chant Democrats have is, “Do you want to relive the failed policies of the past?” Which is moving to the converted, however falls on deaf ears of those that see that the politics of change have not moved us to a more stable economic or social ground. There is nothing they can boast of, indeed if anything you can look at the last two years and have to ask, “Did Democrats make things worse rather then better?”
The answer to this is a shrug and a hum-haw sound. It is hard to say. They certainly have created an air of uncertainty for business, passing more regulatory legislation then has been seen in perhaps fifty years. They promised the stimulus would fix the economy ( however you should read up on why it can’t fix the economy at our other post here ) since Keynesian Economic theory does not work for a country that has off-shored its production facilities.
The only problem for Republicans is all they will be able to do is tell the president ‘No’ which is actually a good thing for any Congress to do. Telling the president ‘No’ is why Bill Clinton managed to cut into the deficit spending as much as he did since Congress at the time did not allow any new spending to take place. Will the Republicans be able to fix the economy? No… the plain simple truth is until we cut back on government regulation and spending there will be little growth. We have entered the age of the European America. China and India are on the move and will soon overtake us. The only way to come back from this is to jettison the baggage we have accumulated over the years. Streamline the tax code. Simplify government involvement in business, etc, etc… Can this be done. No, there is simply not the political will.
