On 11/8/2006 8:34:23 PM, Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I just hope that all the talk from both sides about partnership > rather than > partnership amounts to something more than politics as usual. >
Did you mean "partnership rather than partisanship"? If so, I would agree. My thinking is that the election signals the need for a shift to the center. Many of the new democrats elected are significantly more conservative than the democrats of old and it seems clear to me that people like Pelosi seem to understand that and will endevour to move accordingly. I have hope. The popularity of Obama now seems like a harbinger and less of a "bubble phenomena" as has been posited here. I believe that the message to republicans is not that conservatism is undesirable, but that the extremes of conservatism are not places the country wants to go. The exact same message should be understood to apply to liberals/progressives/democrats. The people of this country have for the greatest part grown tired of polemics and greatly desire to find a "sweet spot" where we can find balance. The center is a place where we can all meet and there is a lot more room there for progress than there is at the extremes. I do not see the sudden inclusion of so many democrats as a sign of major change. I see it as a sign of coming moderation. The only alternative to moderation is gridlock, and I don't think we can afford much more of the political fighting like we have seen over the last decade or so without finding a higher price than we care to pay. xponent Let Us Trust Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
