America: Congress is Other than Accomplished
A little polling update: all the Bush polls are in the 30s; all of them, and the level of "strong disapproval" alone is very nearly the majority by itself, at 47%.
But CONGRESS. Wow. 23% approval. 70 disapproval; Over 3-1. No one likes them. The shift has to be coming out of the right, over immigration and the war and endless corruption; issues which are no longer narrowly ideological. November will be an upheaval, one way or t'other.
I don't see a lot of reasons for honest conservatives - those what there is - to bother voting. I see the Bush base, sensing weakness (and they do have that eternal fetish for what appears to be strength), lapsing into hostile indifference, except those that just adore multi-national companies who are backing that curious tiger pit of immigration, which turns ideologies topsy-turvy, and, critically, neatly severs the right wing in half. I see a lot of seriously pissed off moderates who are increasingly likely to vote for change at any price. I see a lot of very motivated Ds.
What I don't yet see is Democratic leaders who can relax into the battle, and fight strong and happy.
Let's hope, and work. We'll get the bastards yet.
posted by JAB at 7:30 PM
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9/11! Why do you hate America? 9/11!
Feingold? Clinton? Warner? Obama? Bueller? Anybody? Bueller?
This leadership thing is a big thing, and I've been a-cogitatin' since the cows went off to the back forty about whom gots the leadership thing.
It was interesting to ask myself who I actually like, not in a political sense, either in policy or tactically, but which D leaders who seem like the good un's, heart and soul:
The guys I like the most have a comibination of a righteous, hard working center and a laid-back ironic goofiness: Bill Richardson (when I think of how I want people to see America, it's Bill Richardson), and Al Gore, funny, pissed-off and self-effacing, these days. Obama is excellent but a little too much of a self-conscious rock star, and he's getting Senatisis. John Edwards is pretty impressive these days, doing some hard work on poverty; he's gained some gravitas, and kept his charm, he might be ready.
Warner simply hasn't impressed me that much yet- a pleasant enough centrist, but beyond that what? - Hilary Clinton acks the easy charm of Bill (Christ, you would think she'd picked up a few tips over the years), which I hate to say, in an ambitious and brilliant woman can be politically destructive. (Sort of the difference between the chilled jello mold of Diane Feinstein and the braised spinach salad of Barbara Boxer.) Feingold has earned my respect for his courage, but he's fuzzy beyond that.
If we were some sort of proper civilization, Kurt Vonnegut would be president.
Who is this Bueller: Elucidate!
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