We go to vote in the Midterm elections in about three weeks. Despite the current public opinion polls, those in the center and left of the political spectrum are, in many ways, afraid to hope that the Republicans will lose control of one or both houses of Congress. I count myself among them.It looks like a rather narrow opportunity only because I do not want to get my hopes up, only to have them dashed with the current leadership holding power. The photo at the left of the Washington Monument is perfect to illustrate my post for today.
George Washington, our first president unashamedly proclaimed himself a "liberal." That is a term, unfortunately, that has fallen into a strange kind of disrepute. So we now call ourselves "progressives" instead. It is perhaps a better description for our hopes these days. Our nation is not progressing; it is rapidly declining. It is time for a change. And the most significant change can come to the U.S. congress in the form of a Democratic majority with a succession of leadership.
The current crop of headlines from our main newspapers closes my post, along with a couple of blogger thoughts:
- The New York Times guarded headline for this morning reads, "Guardedly, Democrats are Daring to Believe."
- The Washington Post headlines today, "Democrats Strengthen Chances For Senate.
Va., Mo. and Tenn. May Tip the Balance." - Taegan Goddard's Political Wire headline put it most succinctly. His post quoted the New York Times: "Democrats Optimistic About Midterms."
- League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a libertarian blog is not so optimistic. The headline reads, "Who Wins, Who Loses? We do!" The writer proclaims, "There is no difference between the Republican and Democratic parties."
- The LA Times headline sees the Rove formula (of divide and conquer) as, "A possibly fatal flaw in GOP formula for success."
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