It's been a rough few years for those of us who refuse to bay for the blood of random Arabs, for those of us who feel that creating a war under false pretences is a wrong thing to do, for those of us who think that the First World should lead by example on issues of judicial process and transparency, on the environment and social policy.
Not that I'm convinced for a moment that all this will now come to fruition. The US has dug itself an enormous hole that it now has to start climbing out of and this country is still led by the rat-cunning of JHo and the Australian pater-cons.
But for the first time in many years there is a flicker from the Light on the Hill. A reminder that politics is about swings and roundabouts and that however much democracy can seem to kick you in the guts, it all evens out in the wash.
The question now will be how this is really going to change things in the States? Will their foreign policy be significantly altered? With George W a lame duck President, will the Democrats actually move to make the changes the voting public has so clearly demanded, or will they slip quietly into power and allow the situation to bubble along as it has for the last few years?
Some have even questioned if the Dems winning Virginia is actually a desirable outcome. The next few years will require a significant amount of 'correction' and having the Democrats in power of both Houses may simply damage the Democratic Presidential nominee (whoever that may be). Perhaps it's better to let George have his way for the last two years of his term so that the blame for the state of the country can be attributed solely to the Republicans when it next comes time to vote for the leader of the Western World.
If nothing else, it just makes me smile to look at an electoral map of the US and see no hard red Republican 'gains'.
[via]
It's going to be an interesting couple of months…
No comments:
Post a Comment