puzzling politics

I'm scanning the news and reading a bit about the election results from yesterday. Seems the Repubs did well in several races. There's speculation that this means trouble for the Obama administration in a couple of years, especially if Congress doesn't start focusing on unemployment.

Really?

Seriously?

Sure, the high unemployment in the U.S. is a serious problem and needs to be addressed, but does anyone really think the Republican party holds any kind of reasonable solutions to that? This is the party that's all about deregulation which helps policies like outsourcing which leads to fewer U.S. jobs...

I'm actually flabbergasted that the Democratic party can still function given how disorganized and ineffectual they are. They hold majorities in Congress and hold the Executive branch. Instead of pushing forward agendas to fix the damage of the previous administration, they're making a lot of ineffectual noise about "bipartisanship" and not getting a goddamn thing done. Case in point: the healthcare bill.

Did anyone seriously think that was going to be any good? As soon as there was noise about bipartisanship and the Repugnicans dominated the debate, that bill was dead. Seems to me that the Dems should've taken the offensive from day one and never let up.

Of course, that would require them to pull their collective heads out of their asses. That's probably asking for too much.

I'm all for bipartisanship, but let's be realistic. It ain't gonna happen if the Democrats can't get their own party members in line. Nevermind Lieberman... that tool should be shunned altogether. He's a Republican. Stop pretending he isn't and move on, guys.

It's like watching a train wreck. Gah.