I received an e-mail today from my bro regarding Republican prospects for capturing control of the Senate in the November election. I replied that I've been assuming the GOP will control Congress in 2013, and I'm hoping Obama can get the 270 EC votes to keep government divided (more or less). It wouldn't bother me to see Obama veto every bill that was passed on a GOP party-line vote for two years, then see where things stood in the 2014 midterm elections.
This caused me to think about worst-case scenarios: Romney in the White House, Republicans with majorities in the House and Senate, Supreme Court 5-4 in favor of the GOP. That's the way the deck was stacked in 2001, and everyone can remember where that got us. Would we be headed for a semi-instant replay with Romney at the top of a GOP-controlled federal government ? I recalled reading that Willard is assembling a foreign policy team that includes some of the PNAC crowd from the Bush 43 administration. Well, that can't be good.
This caused me to think about worst-case scenarios: Romney in the White House, Republicans with majorities in the House and Senate, Supreme Court 5-4 in favor of the GOP. That's the way the deck was stacked in 2001, and everyone can remember where that got us. Would we be headed for a semi-instant replay with Romney at the top of a GOP-controlled federal government ? I recalled reading that Willard is assembling a foreign policy team that includes some of the PNAC crowd from the Bush 43 administration. Well, that can't be good.
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