11-05-2008, 10:31 PM
Mudy,
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Spread the Wealth around, how deep that will be.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Who can complain if wealth that's been spread around in Pakistan and Iraq is diverted back to ghettos and trailer-parks locally? The GOP base of Joe the <i>Dumber </i>types will flap their mouth about taxes/wealth-spreading while shamelessly collecting welfare checks. Dems increasing control in House and Senate is not good news overall but should wake up the GOP. Unless they do some honest soul searching, they'll have to sit in opposition for a while.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Palin saved him. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
She opened one door for McCain and but closed another. With Palin pick, the independent Maverick died. Palin might run in 2012 - but it's a long way.
Good news: Convicted Stevens could be elected (don't believe it's called yet) and Democrats might just have the Chanakiyan cunning to NOT throw him out of the Senate. Doing so enables a lame duck scared Senator hanging around could affect Alaskan politics (read possibility of Palin being sent from Anchorage back to Wassilla or her PTA board). On other hand if Stevens is chucked out of Senate, Palin could appoint herself Senator and be in national limelight for next 6 years. Stevens issue is the most interesting to watch.
On global issues:
Hopefully stuff like Rawanda and Darfur will be prevented in future - African roots/ties will come in handy here. (Personally would like those Nigerian spammers dealt with firm hand, but on scale of things it's low)
Chinese usually have a cosy relationship with GOP since they overlook human-rights/sweatshop type issues over economic gains, so things could get a little testy with Dems in control all over.
On Pakistan, BO will for sure try to hypenate Ind-Pak and 'seek solution' in J&K, but expect those foggy notions to be squashed after the honeymoon period, lest India reconfirms the current Sonia plant who has even questioned holding on to Saichen. All the more to chuck incumbents in India out now. There's real concern of new administration looking one way for Paki action against jihadis on western border while turning blind eye to jihadis on eastern border. Indian security hawks will have to burn some midnight oil on this.
On middle east - let's see how he's tested in first year (Clinton and Bush both had to deal with major attacks on US soil during first year).
On Europe, I had earlier somewhere on this board listed of a growing shift in age demographics (Mark Penn's book), there will be a divergence in views between US and Europe in coming years.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Spread the Wealth around, how deep that will be.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Who can complain if wealth that's been spread around in Pakistan and Iraq is diverted back to ghettos and trailer-parks locally? The GOP base of Joe the <i>Dumber </i>types will flap their mouth about taxes/wealth-spreading while shamelessly collecting welfare checks. Dems increasing control in House and Senate is not good news overall but should wake up the GOP. Unless they do some honest soul searching, they'll have to sit in opposition for a while.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Palin saved him. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
She opened one door for McCain and but closed another. With Palin pick, the independent Maverick died. Palin might run in 2012 - but it's a long way.
Good news: Convicted Stevens could be elected (don't believe it's called yet) and Democrats might just have the Chanakiyan cunning to NOT throw him out of the Senate. Doing so enables a lame duck scared Senator hanging around could affect Alaskan politics (read possibility of Palin being sent from Anchorage back to Wassilla or her PTA board). On other hand if Stevens is chucked out of Senate, Palin could appoint herself Senator and be in national limelight for next 6 years. Stevens issue is the most interesting to watch.
On global issues:
Hopefully stuff like Rawanda and Darfur will be prevented in future - African roots/ties will come in handy here. (Personally would like those Nigerian spammers dealt with firm hand, but on scale of things it's low)
Chinese usually have a cosy relationship with GOP since they overlook human-rights/sweatshop type issues over economic gains, so things could get a little testy with Dems in control all over.
On Pakistan, BO will for sure try to hypenate Ind-Pak and 'seek solution' in J&K, but expect those foggy notions to be squashed after the honeymoon period, lest India reconfirms the current Sonia plant who has even questioned holding on to Saichen. All the more to chuck incumbents in India out now. There's real concern of new administration looking one way for Paki action against jihadis on western border while turning blind eye to jihadis on eastern border. Indian security hawks will have to burn some midnight oil on this.
On middle east - let's see how he's tested in first year (Clinton and Bush both had to deal with major attacks on US soil during first year).
On Europe, I had earlier somewhere on this board listed of a growing shift in age demographics (Mark Penn's book), there will be a divergence in views between US and Europe in coming years.