This Is Better

The founders planned for it to work out this way: one party controls the executive; the other party controls the legislature. Except for the fact that the chief executive is George Bush, things could be a lot worse. God knows they have been for the past 6 years.

If there is one thing that’s been clear, it’s that old saw about absolute power corrupts absolutely. With few exceptions, the power party was clearly governing for the benefit of the party, not of the country.

But what I’m most encouraged about is that the American people may be slow, but they’re not completely stupid. It took them longer than it should, but to be fair, the Democrats certainly put up some dreadful candidates. (John Kerry, Coleen Rowley and Patty Wetterling come immediately to mind.)

But they also came up with some good ones, like Tim Walz.

Now the Democrats have to actually prove that they have some ideas. We know that Bush’s strategy in Irag is wrong. However, we don’t know what is right. The Democrats better figure it out soon, because the people seem to be demanding it.

Congress, you’re on. Don’t screw it up.