Wake up, America

[kuddliphish]

I don't often post about politics. These days I admit that I don't often think about politics--I've got enough on my mind keeping track of my little corner of the world without worrying about things that are largely out of my control. But the fervor over Palin has broken into my little politics free bubble and so today I donated to the Obama

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[pmb]

Disagree. The status quo right now is v. v. bad. We need the pendulum to swing the other way for about 2 years before we reengage gridlock. Also, McCain wants to go to war with Iran, which remains a v. v. bad idea.

[kuddliphish]

Ordinarily, I'd agree with you--I do like Washington to be split, but the Democratic Congress has been doing a very poor job fighting the truly awful Bush administration. I think the Dems need the ego boost, for lack of a better word, of winning the White House in order to be more effective at creating gridlock later. I think if they *don't* win back the White House after suffering through eight years of Bush, they will become completely demoralized and unable to block McCain on anything. Much better for Republicans to win back congress in a couple of years.

The possibility of more Republican picked Supreme Court Justices also weighs heavily on my mind.

(plus I worry that the people crazy enough to pray for McCain's death might decide to take the matter out of God's hands, as it were)

[kuddliphish]

I've heard the notion that 2 seats might be up in the next term bandied about a couple of places. According to Wikipedia, Carter is the only President to serve a full term and not appoint a Justice (a couple of other presidents died early in their terms and didn't appoint anyone either though their VPs did) so it doesn't seem unreasonable that the next President will appoint at least one as well.

[drinkywinky]

The poor management of the federal government has been very well documented, and in the Justice dept at least, it has gone past the political appointees and into the general hiring practices.

The only person who can fix this is the President, and McCain won't have the desire or ability to do the cleaning.