Headline from SCOTLAND: "Bush braces for a bleak future"

[Bluebear]

THESE are rare, happy days for Democrats in Congress. Barring disaster or some unforeseen last-minute collapse, the party should regain control of the House of Representatives after Tuesday's mid-term elections. A party that has been wandering in the wilderness ever since George W Bush became president will suddenly find an oasis of power as sweet as it is refreshing.

Republican party chairman Ken Mehlman admitted as much at a Washington fund-raiser this week. Though he was duty bound to express confidence that Republicans would do better than the polls predict, he acknowledged the mood of the electorate is "throw the bums out" and admitted that "we have more bums" than the Democrats. For the past six years Republicans have owned the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives, giving the party untrammelled power in Washington....

If Democrats do win control of Congress then the rules of engagement in Washington will be ripped up and rewritten. Just two years ago President Bush vowed to spend the "political capital" he had earned by winning a second term in office. Bush reigned supreme and possessed a mandate for sweeping change. But the president's account is now overdrawn and his second term has been frittered away. Despite record levels of federal spending, Bush has few achievements to point to from his second term.

Now he faces the unwelcome prospect of his policies being scrutinised by a Democratic Congress determined to impose Congressional oversight upon the administration. The days of the blank cheque, the free lunch and the rubber stamp are coming to an end.

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1637842006

[Bluebear]

1. One kick because I enjoy the headline :)

[Bluebear]

7. ok

2

[Bluebear]

11. .

[Erika]

2. W is a zero

And?

[Bluebear]

4. And 'Toodle pip George, take Blair and McConnell with you. Let's have a good clear out.'

From the article comments.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. I take exception to part of the analysis

Bush . . . possessed a mandate for sweeping change.

No, Bush claimed he had a mandate. He did not win by anything approaching a landslide in 2004 ans he didn't win at all in 2000. Even in 2004, with Jeb Bush and Ken Blackwell pulling out every dirty trick they could to stop Democrats from voting, it is a stretch to say that Bush won a free and election in either of those states.

There was no mandate.

[kestrel91316]

5. About that man-date...........you might want to check with Jeffy Gannon and

Ted the Tweaker. They can probably shed some light on the subject.

[Bluebear]

6. Ted the Tweaker

Why does the gay sex thing bother some congregants more than him buying illegal drugs?

[kestrel91316]

10. Don't know about other folks. I don't care about gay sex per se - it's

the galling hypocrisy about his sex life that annoys me.

It's more offensive because the RW fundies are so LOUD about their persecution of gays. They aren't so loud about illegal drugs.

[Raine]

8. Love it!!

I can't wait till Tuesday night when the votes are coming in! :bounce:

[Philosoraptor]

9. that's what I"M talkin' about!