OK kids...

[mahnmut]

OK kids, here are the car keys. Would you like an adult with you in the car - Y/N?

I'm glad the GOP took control of the House. Now they'll really have to grow up and take some responsibility instead of being the party of No.

Alas, those eleeteests in the Senate will now block every noble incentive that comes from the good old party. Damn eleeteests...

Oh well, never mind. Reform can wait for 2 more years, when they elect Palin to finally take the country Back. What could possibly go wrong?

Btw is it just me, or changing the watch in the middle of a crisis looks like a harakiri? Any bets on when China will actually have a major giggle?

;-)

Comments

[prog-expat.livejournal.com]

Restrictive ballot access laws, election systems which favor two parties, a long history of third parties being used as whipping boys by the Big Two, which generates a negative public perception of third parties, and ineffective electioneering on the part of third parties (Ignore the fucking Presidency and focus on local and state-level offices already!) are all going to stave off the day a third party has any measurable success.

If anything, having one wave election after the other is just going to strengthen the death grip the duopoly has, especially if control keeps going back and forth like it has, since it gets more people emotionally evolved, which makes them more likely to pick a side and get invested.

[ghoststrider.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm going to remain cautiously optimistic that this will prompt reforms in that direction before the entire countries collapses in debt, but hey, you never know.