Oh, no! He does politics, too!?
That's right, folks. It's election time again. We are presently less than seven weeks away from the 2006 midterms. Democrats are trying to take back the House for the first time since 1994, and Republicans are desperately trying to stop them. Or are they? There's some contrarianism going around through GOP ranks saying it would be a good thing for Republicans if the Dems took back the House, maybe even the Senate. Hell, there are even some conservatives who are all for a Democrat in the White House come 2008!Now, anybody who knows me probably knows by now where I stand politically, and let's just say I'd be happy about a Democratic victory for other reasons - I am one. I understand Christopher Buckley's argument for the "real" conservatives' being ambivalent toward the election - they want the Republicans to lose so that they can go back to standing for something again. It's the more cynical argument of Jonah Goldberg that reminds me why I'm not a fan of thinkers like Jonah Goldberg. His line of thinking is that if those crazy Nancy Pelosi liberals take back the House, American voters are going to see what Democrats are really like (not the lovable underdogs we seem to be right now) and will elect a Republican for President. Goldberg is so confident in Democratic overreach (i.e. investigations of President Bush and maybe even an impeachment) he almost falls over himself trying to contain his glee at the thought.
Personally, I don't see Democrats, who can be every bit as strategic and cynical as the Republicans, making the same mistakes the Republicans did. Democrats know that they would look petty and like they were pandering to their base if, immediately after taking back the House, they hired the liberal equivalent of Ken Starr. And they know it would backfire. Hopefully that will keep them from doing it. And hopefully the thought of inheriting the mess that the Republican administration and Congress have created won't be enough to deter Dems from going out and running their very hardest to take back the government.
At any rate, it's public service announcement time. Everybody reading this should make sure to go and vote (even if you are a Republican, or a Steelers fan, or something else disagreeable) on November 7. If you're argument is that you don't know enough about the candidates, I direct you here. There, no more excuses, unless you're lazy, which I know you are. And don't think I'm going to stop bugging you. You should expect more political posts as the election draws nearer. Please don't hate me for that.
posted by The AMT @ 6:47 PM
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