Again, I'm not looking at Tuesday's elections in NYC, VA and NJ as some kind of referendum on either the War on Terrorism or the Republican Party in general. All three elections are primarily based on local issues/personalities.
As I have opined before, the War on Terrorism will become a force unto itself over time, and the fortunes of Bush and the Republican Party in '02 and '04 will ride or fall with the state of the economy, or as I prefer to call it, the 401(k) factor. So far, the Republicans on this thread are still playing the blame game for the economic downturn. They think that if they can convince enough people that Clinton, not Bush, is responsible, then GWB will be given a free ride for X years by the American people.
In contrast, what I'm looking for from GWB and House Republicans is a coherent game plan to jump-start the economy.
What we're seeing, instead, is a treasury secretary at odds with the ultra-right-wing House leadership.
Given enough time, the ultra-right-wing House leadership will make America a worse place to live for average middle-class people. |
