McCain's Last Shot
John McCain and Sarah Palin have one arrow left in their quiver. I wonder if Palin will use it tonight.
American voters are often reluctant to turn over too much power to one political party. The preferred situation is a Congress or President checked by the opposing Party, either a Democratic President balanced by a Republican Congress or vice versa.
Karl Rove has been floating the idea that voters may not be willing to elect Obama if they believe he will rubber stamp the agenda of the Democratic Congress.
With McCain down in the polls, it will be interesting to see if Sarah Palin attacks the Democratic Congress tonight, signalling a shift in the McCain campaign strategy from running against Obama to running against the Democratic majority in the Congress.
Since Obama and Biden are both members of that majority, the Republicans may be able to mount an attack on them and on the Congress at the same time tonight.
If the strategy is changing, expect attacks on Reid and Pelosi over the war and the financial crisis tonight.
American voters are often reluctant to turn over too much power to one political party. The preferred situation is a Congress or President checked by the opposing Party, either a Democratic President balanced by a Republican Congress or vice versa.
Karl Rove has been floating the idea that voters may not be willing to elect Obama if they believe he will rubber stamp the agenda of the Democratic Congress.
With McCain down in the polls, it will be interesting to see if Sarah Palin attacks the Democratic Congress tonight, signalling a shift in the McCain campaign strategy from running against Obama to running against the Democratic majority in the Congress.
Since Obama and Biden are both members of that majority, the Republicans may be able to mount an attack on them and on the Congress at the same time tonight.
If the strategy is changing, expect attacks on Reid and Pelosi over the war and the financial crisis tonight.
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is you is or is you ain't living in an alternate universe? look back at the last 75 years. your claim that "the preferred situation is a congress or president checked by the opposing party..." is false. let karl rove say whatever the hell he wants, and let sarah palin and john mccain repeat it 'til the end of time. americans historically have not voted like that.
October 2, 2008 7:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
You sound knowlegeable. Why not break it down for us starting with the year you were born? Every two years. Which Party had the Presidency, which the Congress? What went on during those years? I'd be interested in your take. Just speaking for myself, it seems to me that the worst things have gotten is when the Republican Congress failed to exercise oversight over the Bush Administration. Abuse was rampant. No hearings. The Executive Branch was completely politicized. What if Nixon had had a Republican majority in Congress? What if Clinton had enjoyed a Democratic majority in his last term?
October 2, 2008 7:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice, Billy -- a little Bonnie Raitt allusion: "...give them something to talk about, a little something to figure out.." Thanks for the odds-on insight; I'll watch the debate with your thoughts on the subject in mind.
But lest you think I simper, I'll end with "What a good dog; have a treat."
October 2, 2008 7:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
FDR had a Democratic Congress through all four terms. LBJ had a Democratic majority for four years as did JFK.
October 2, 2008 8:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
i apologize for the smart-assed response. not called for.
October 2, 2008 8:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
let me try again to put this in the propper place.
sorry for the smart-assed response. not called for.
i understand your point about nixon. i'm just pointing out that karl rove is making stuff up. americans havn't demonstrated that sort of voting pattern. in fact, a good case could be made for the opposite.
October 2, 2008 8:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
i'll be more specific: since the 73rd congress the senate has been controlled by the same party as the president 42 out of 76 years. in the house, 38 of those 76 years. seldom have the senate and house been controlled by different parties.
October 2, 2008 8:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, as it turns out, Andy McCain would not
October 2, 2008 11:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here is what happened.
Andy made Barney Palin keep that bullet in her pocket. Yup! Yup!
October 2, 2008 11:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Senator McCain, exactly who among your Republican colleagues in the Senate does not deserve to be re-elected because they have put their own interests ahead of the country's."
(repeat substituting the word House for Senate).
That he would refuse to answer the question above is what makes it harder to run against the corrupt do nothing democratic Congress.
For certain McCain is going to go back to the shopworn Republican fundamentals and run on "Obama is the biggest tax and spend, elitist, America hating liberal ever."
Obama will respond with, it only looks liberal because I have been standing up to the disastrous policies of George Bush for four years while you have been with him every step of the way. I suppose you can mount the same defense for the democratic congress as a whole.
Does this work
October 3, 2008 10:24 AM | Reply | Permalink