[Grovenet] Socialistic response?

[allnutt]

I don't know how much things will really change even if there is a shift in 
control of the house and the senate on Tuesday.
Partly because of what you pointed out - that the new D's if they get 
elected won't all vote along party lines and partly because even if Ds 
control a majority in each house (even by 1) they won't have enough votes to 
over ride a presidential veto.
They might possibly pass a law that allows for negotiating drug prices for 
Medicare Part D but if Bush fights it with a veto will there be 66% of the 
votes to over ride?  It will be closer on the other issues.
This has been one of the most expensive campaigns and all those who win will 
need to start collecting money again and the drug companies will be happy to 
get more congress people in their back pockets.

Katie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JBlair2154 at aol.com>
To: <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Socialistic response?


>
> In a message dated 11/5/2006 2:03:48 PM Central Standard Time,
> grovenet-request at rdrop.com writes:
>
> It seems  to me that is
> what we'll get if we ever see a Democratic President with  half the power
> that President Bush has wielded.
>
>
> If so, it would surely be 30 plus years down the road. It's  taken about 
> that
> long for the ideology of the Bush administration to gain this  much power.
> And he's the first president of any Party to so successfully  consolidate 
> power
> into the executive branch at the expense of the other branches  of 
> government.
> (If I'm wrong, I'll stand corrected by any true historians among  you.)
> Plus...I'm thinking really hard...I cannot name any Democratic president 
> who has
> been as far left as Bush is far right. I cannot think of any, either,  who 
> has
> been so loathe to compromise or even to listen to opposing viewpoints.
> Another thing: social conservatives have become such a  persistent 
> influence
> that even the most progressive Democrats hesitate to oppose  them on 
> certain
> hot button issues. The new Demos who gain office this election  will not 
> always
> be voting along Party lines, that's for sure.
> My two bits...add a $5 and maybe you can buy a cheap cup of  coffee. 
> (grin)
>
> Joy
>
> "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift  and the rational mind is a faithful
> servant. We have created a society that  honors the servant and has 
> forgotten the
> gift."
> (Albert  Einstein)
>
>
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