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Monday, October 20, 2008

Who will win, does it matter?

We are 15 days away from the next Presidential election, the race is tight and it could go either way. Who will win? Does it really matter?

From all the polls and reports it looks as though the Democrats will increase their majority in both houses of Congress. This will allow them to push their agenda through. With a Democratic President it there will be no checks and balances on that. With a Republican President it doesn't appear that would slow them down much.

Does the President really have all that much clout when it comes to running the Country? Congress has to ratify almost everything that the President does. Republicans and Democrats alike have failed to tackle the big problems. They continue to blame each other and the President for everything bad in the country. Until we, the American People, get smart we will continue to see the downward spiral.

The idiots that we elect to these posts of Senators, House Reps, and yes even our Presidents spend all of their time trying to keep their jobs instead of doing their jobs. As long as we have Democratic and Republican parties, there will be the strong arming. If you don't with the party then you don't get the party support next election. Look what happened to Joe Biden when he went against his party. The went against him at his re-election. He had to run as an independent and won.

Is it right that people like the Speaker of the house decides what is best for all of us. This person represents one small part of our Country, yet in todays politics, they decide what their party will do. Each Representative and Senator should be doing what is right for their Constituents, not what their party wants to do.

So again I ask, does it matter who wins?

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