The day after

Most pundits are forecasting at least one chamber of the congress changing hands. So what happens the next day after they take office? Make no mistake I think that would be a horrible thing for the country, I think Republicans still have time to turn it around, they can do it by talking about the real record. If they will talk about the effects of the Bush tax cuts, and the wonderful economy we are enjoying and talk about security, there is no reason for them to lose. They are not doing this of course, and it looks like they may go down as a party.

All that being said, what happens the day after? My guess is the sun will come up. My guess is there will be lawsuits from both parties, which will be a shame and probably a freak show. On the whole I think rank and file Republicans will demand changes from the leadership, and probably won't get them. The mainstream media will basically say that the electorate came to its senses.

Contrast this to what happens when Democrats lose. People are still talking about Florida 2000, even though that 'conservative' (a little sarcasm there) paper the New York Times found that Bush would have won under any legal scenario. John Kerry still talks about the 'theft' in Ohio. Even if there were wholesale corruption as they charge, 65,000 people would have had to change their votes. On the whole the modern liberal can not face reality. I purposely say liberal because I do not believe these tactics and beliefs represent the Democratic party faithful, only the rabid moonbat wing of the party.

Speaking of reality, Speaker Pelosi (my stomach just turned a little) has to somehow find a way to jump start the economy. That will be easy, since all they have to do is start trumpeting the numbers that already exist. They have to find a way to come across with everything they have promised to fix. In short the world will turn into utopia on January 3. We all know that can't happen with either party. Of course what will happen in the real world, they will rediscover that without sixty votes you still can't invoke cloture in the Senate. The filibuster will suddenly become a horrible procedure again. Funny how that idea keeps changing parties. One good thing that might happen is President Bush might finally find that elusive veto pen. Somehow they will have to find a way to stop companies from offshoring, and moving off shore themselves. Since this is a product of a competitive economy and not some grand conspiracy they won't find a way. I seriously doubt it will be a big story anymore though, until '08 when it will be the fault of whoever gets the nod for the Republicans.

Yes you have sensed a note of suspicion for the mainstream media. I do not believe in conspiracies, I just think they all think the same. They don't conspire, they are just elitists.

A change would be interesting historically, but with memories of Congress abandoning our ally in South Viet Nam, do we need any further motivation to keep Ms. Pelosi out of the Speaker chair? What a disaster it would be if they did the same thing to Iraq. To make matters worse, a San Francisco liberal would be third in line of succession with a Vice President with a history of heart trouble.

Yes the current Republicans sicken me, but do we really want Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid? On the bright side Senator Reid could teach us how to wipe out the deficit with land speculation.