My perspective is that actuallly the "middle/independents" came out from underneath their damn propaganda induced stupor/rock and went wtf and how did I get here? by not paying attention... But in more typical times the middle has usually prevailed by splitting the exec and leg branches.
I am not necessarily convinced that the dems have a lock on both the executive and legislative branches in 08. 1. the dems have approximately 12 months to prove that they can keep it together and be disciplined legislators--never an easy task. and 2. Neither party has a truly viable candidate. Hillary and McCain are lightening rods for controversy. McCain is a lot more conservative than most people realize and folks who might have supported him previously--might feel burned by the lies that bush &co have espoused--the wolf in sheeps clothing scenario as it were. And Hillary is hillary. You want to talk about polarization. Put together the "dream" tix of obama and hil and lets see what happens.
I love hillary--always have--but she won't be the 1st female prez of the US, it could be Ms Nancy "2 heartbeats away" Pelosi. Now that would be worth the price of admission to to some of the uber conservative places in the country, if it ever happened. Oh Darth Cheney is thundering around his undisclosed location over that one. Just don't go hunting with him Nancy;)
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Date: 2006-11-09 02:50 pm (UTC)I am not necessarily convinced that the dems have a lock on both the executive and legislative branches in 08. 1. the dems have approximately 12 months to prove that they can keep it together and be disciplined legislators--never an easy task. and 2. Neither party has a truly viable candidate. Hillary and McCain are lightening rods for controversy. McCain is a lot more conservative than most people realize and folks who might have supported him previously--might feel burned by the lies that bush &co have espoused--the wolf in sheeps clothing scenario as it were. And Hillary is hillary. You want to talk about polarization. Put together the "dream" tix of obama and hil and lets see what happens.
I love hillary--always have--but she won't be the 1st female prez of the US, it could be Ms Nancy "2 heartbeats away" Pelosi. Now that would be worth the price of admission to to some of the uber conservative places in the country, if it ever happened. Oh Darth Cheney is thundering around his undisclosed location over that one. Just don't go hunting with him Nancy;)