Comments on: It’s the Senate, Stupid

By: GeorgeSorwell

GeorgeSorwell — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:00:49 +0000

Paul–

I'm glad to see you back here on a more regular basis.

By: PaulSilver

PaulSilver — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:46:01 +0000

I do value respectful partisanship. But it seems to me that over the years our system has been corrupted to favor the most partisan rather than the most pragmatic and open minded: eg. Gerrymandering, closed primaries, Committee Chairman and incumbents who get disproportional pork to keep their seats. I feel that this has to change and I only see it happening in an era of divine inspiration such as the one that happened when the framers came together to create the constitution. Thus I support the interim control of the Democrats who I believe are more likely to yield to the moral imperative to fix the election and ethics system.

I also support John McCain and Barak Obama as the rare souls who are willing and able to rise to these challenges for the best of our society, and as a beckon for the rest of the world.

By: Jim_Satterfield

Jim_Satterfield — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:14:51 +0000

The benefits of divided government were in the past. With the current hyper-partisan atmosphere it would only mean that even good legislation can't get passed. Look at what the Republicans have done with every single Democratic proposal this past year. In addition, in the long run the only way the Republican Party can have a comeback is to be so thoroughly defeated that they will honestly look at why they are currently doing badly. Right now they just think that it's because they aren't getting their message across. There is no consideration of the possibility that they might be wrong about anything.

By: nicrivera

nicrivera — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:51:43 +0000

As of right now, the Democrats are favored to win the presidency and are extremely unlikely to lose control of either the House or the Senate in 2008. Given the repeated failures of one-party rule (and the benefits of divided government), I have to wonder, Paul, why you're so eager to have the Democrats' margin in the Senate become even larger.

By: JillyDybka

JillyDybka — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:46:23 +0000

The Democrats in Congress cannot even get their own members together to defend the Constitution against a supremely unpopular executive who has essentially spit in their faces, eaten their lunch and the nation's, and publicly called them out as powerless.

Please tell me how your idea would change anything.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:33:45 +0000

How do you think that the Democratic party can reconcile its support for open borders with it wanting to lower emissions?

But at least I shoud thank you for beng honest enough to believe that the U.S. would be better off as a one party state. The residents of D.C, Baltimore, Philly, Detroit, St Louis agree with out that machine Democratic politicians can be great stewards of the government, the schools, the environment, etc.

How politics will make changes when the only relevant elections are those invovling the replacement of retiring incumbents, i have no idea.