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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (84866)11/5/2010 10:44:30 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
I'm waiting to see how that works out. The dems here have been little more than various political machines under the D but not functioning together. What has their 136 years of control gotten us? And keep in mind that they started out Democrat as a reaction to those bad Lincoln Republicans... though with the change in attitudes of Dems one way and Repubs the other, things switched... on the state level, except for black Alabama democrats and our few progressives, it is what it is. Lot of currupt Repubs, also (note our various govenors convicted of things under both banners), but the social issue talk was as muted as I've ever heard it here and the new Gov actually talks like he wants to get something done. He has already said that Riley's insane quixotic quest with the Gambling Task Force is going to be ended - and that's a big nod to democrats here (the good ones) and to the black community where a lot of those jobs are.

I suspect there is something very broken about a system that takes 136 years to switch from one party to the next esp. considering that the state as a whole has been voting mostly R for the past 30-40 years. It seems your culture is very different from mine so its hard to psych out why it is the way it is. It would be nice if R control changes things but frankly, I am not holding my breath.
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