Wednesday, November 8, 2006
on a few positive notes
Finding a bit of rose tinting his lenses, Spiced Sass writes:
On the good side it will be a change for the Dems to have to take some responsibility instead of sniping from the sidelines.And I hope that normblog knows whereof he speaks, quoting both the Chicago Tribune:
Democrats have vowed to raise the minimum wage, allow Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, make college tuition tax deductible and implement all of the recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission to secure the nation's borders and ports. They have also promised to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research, which Bush gave his first and only veto to this year.. . .and Jeff Weintraub:
On Iraq, Democrats have said they would begin a phased redeployment of U.S. forces and would require Iraqis to take responsibility for their country. They have also promised to double the size of Special Forces in order to track down and destroy terrorist networks such as Al Qaeda.
All elections are important, but this one is potentially crucial and historic. Whatever else any of us may want to see accomplished politically, a vital first step toward any kind of constructive change is to break the monolithic one-party monopoly of the national government that the Republican right has held during the Bush II administration. (I think this holds true, dear reader, even if you normally vote Republican.) It may also contribute in a small way to 'normalizing' debate elsewhere in the world about America's international role.
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