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Tuesday November 07, 2006 22:35 by redjade
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In the US of A on November 7th 2006 mid-term elections will be held for 33 of 100 Senate seats, 36 of 50 governor seats, and for all 436 seats of the House of Representatives. George Bush's party is predicted to lose, Big Time....
![Click on image to see full-sized version Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War Vet and Democrat running for House of Reps & Anti-Iraq War](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/nov2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_screen_20050603154953_1asian_pacific3.jpg) Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War Vet and Democrat running for House of Reps & Anti-Iraq War Presently the US Republican Party controls ALL branches of the Federal Government and a majority of State governorships:
231 House seats (2yr terms)
55 Senator seats (6yr terms)
28 Governorships (4yr terms)
[Also, a 5-4 majority of the US Supreme Court (unelected)
and, some would say, lead the US Pentagon and Intel Agencies.]
America is has been a One Party State for the 6 years, and tonight this may change - assuming the pre-election polls are correct and the electronic voting machines are not pre-emptively hacked.
It is too easy to be cynical and say it will not make a difference if the Democrats win big this time around - they have been Bush's enablers in the past and will be again in the future.
While true that the Democrats can be incredibly lame and useless this is wrong on a number of levels, but most importantly a Democratic Party victory will mean that all Senate and House Committees will be run by Democrats - this effectively means that no legislation will ever get the chance of being voted for on the floor of Congress without the consent of the Democratic Leadership.
Ultimately, George W Bush can wage the wars but the Democratic Party can, in turn, simply not fund those wars. Congress controls the budget. It also has the power to investigate the last six years of Republican crimes both domestic and global. This will include Subpoena Power.
Also, America has never had an election quite like this one.
For example, a majority of Americans only turned against the Viet Nam War after Nixon announced an eventual withdrawal. Today, for the first time in modern history, a solid majority of Americans oppose the Iraq War while troops are currently engaged in a hot war. This is unprecedented in the history of American polling.
Also, the Republican Party used to have Veteran Vote - it damned near monopolised it for generations! Today, every Iraq War Vet running for US Congress is a Democrat (see photo of Tammy Duckworth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth ).
There is much more to be said about the elections - and I will be blogging about it all night and tomorrow (when I am not sleeping from exhaustion).
Most importantly, every US President faces becoming a 'Lame Duck' [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_duck_%28politics%29 ] in the last two years. Bush would face this reality even if the Republicans gained seats this year.
Instead Bush (President and Leader of the Republican Party), assuming the pre-election polls are correct, will become a Lame Duck by losing the Senate, the House, a Majority of States and the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
George W Bush will end his presidency as the Worst President Ever. [ http://www.google.com/search?q=failure ]
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