AR, it is a sad spectacle. I take some solace in the fact that we've been in the desert before without big guns to lead us.
I think we may be witnessing a swing of the pendulum, left to right. What do you think?
It doesn't happen many time times in a lifetime, and only this once in mine. Last time it was right to left in 1930s. The in-between mini-shifts, notably Reagan, were too short-lived.
Its really not a bad thing...healthy actually. We really have gone too far in the New Deal direction. Of course, there's no going back all the way...maybe some de-Federalizing and some fiscal correction. I'd call it weeding and consolidation. Things will be explosive politically for awhile...gridlock in Congress and so forth. If history is any guide, it won't end up with the tea party in control. It's like a 3rd party, a catalyst, but too radical. We'll see a more moderate brand of conservatism take hold.
Just a prediction from a old poly sci major.
I think we may be witnessing a swing of the pendulum, left to right. What do you think?
It doesn't happen many time times in a lifetime, and only this once in mine. Last time it was right to left in 1930s. The in-between mini-shifts, notably Reagan, were too short-lived.
Its really not a bad thing...healthy actually. We really have gone too far in the New Deal direction. Of course, there's no going back all the way...maybe some de-Federalizing and some fiscal correction. I'd call it weeding and consolidation. Things will be explosive politically for awhile...gridlock in Congress and so forth. If history is any guide, it won't end up with the tea party in control. It's like a 3rd party, a catalyst, but too radical. We'll see a more moderate brand of conservatism take hold.
Just a prediction from a old poly sci major.
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