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I agree with most of roachboy is saying here. The republicans were enabled to engage in all the skullduggery and monkeyshines that they have (in such a far and wide manner) by one single event. September 11, 2001.
At a time when the American public seems to be most swayed by collapsing bridges and Lindsay Lohan's driving record, it should be no surprise that no major designs are being implemented in Washington on "major issues." As disenfranchised as we may be politically, and we are largely (especially those of us who really care about what we are not seeing on television), what we are "paying attention to" does influence policymaking in Washington. Combine that with the fact that what we are "paying attention to" is largely arbitrary and meaningless, and well, it doesn't bode well for the democrats. I hate to say it, but they would have been a lot better off if the transition in Washington had happened closer to Katrina. I'm not saying I like it, but I believe it.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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