Divided we fall; The fact that a lot of these elections are so close goes to show that things are not being done right (or left...whatever).
I'm a Democrat (socialist...whatever) and while I am happy to see some winning from the blue I really don't feel like this has been a Victory. I believe I'm pretty moderate in general which is to say more specifically that I am a social liberal and a fiscal conservative. In other words I want someone else to pay for my social programs. :-)
Seriously though; It seems to me that there has been a lot of pandering to divisive issues that the majority of folks simply don't fully agree on.
Abortion, Gay Marriage, flag burning what have you...these issues are paraded around like they are the end of democracy as we know it.
It isn't.
There are more important issues, the war in Iraq is a very important issue and it is a very tragedy. It should be, American men and women are dying young and that is always tragic.
These elections that are so close only underscore how badly our policital parties are doing to garner the support they need. To be honest it seems like they are doing a "half-assed" job at it. Only shooting for the 51% they can get by dividing everyone instead of going for the 65-75% they should be. You can't win everyone over but you can at least try to represent more than your base.
I guess I'm just rambling; I suppose Len's remarks show some class but I really don't think they show much.
It's like an apology where the offender says "I'm sorry I hit you but you had it coming."
As far as I'm concerned the House, Senate and Executive branches we have employed today as well as their commitees for re-election should be shown their walking papers.
