Dave West wrote: > Drugs biggest winner of the election. Every measure in every > state/municipality won by at least 5%. and does that translate more broadly in (y)our mind(s) to an expansion of personal liberties that Dems and Libs (if not evangelical and traditional Conservatives?) can agree on. > And divided government means nothing gets done. > > there are silver linings in every cloud.
Divided government *also* represents checks and balances, as well as an opportunity for coalition building and seeking win/wins. My Civics/American Government has been tuned up a little by this last 4 years, but it is still weak and I feel like the assumptions of our governance has shifted radically starting sometime I cant identify... As much as I was enamored of the possibility of the Dems getting a good strong 100-day/2-4 year open-field run to undo some of the more structural/specific damage Trump/McConnel have done, but to maybe make a run on a "Progressive" agenda, although I am very suspicious of certain aspects of "progress" (mostly those representing the neo-liberal POV stylization of progress)? I'm not sure I really know what I'm talking about here... I feel rather under-educated right about now. > Other than issues from recounts, especially in Wisconsin, I doubt the courts > will have much say in deciding the election. Which is why I'm very glad that Pennsylvania is not expected to be critical... there is a lot more fodder for Trump's whining and wheedling to the courts. Trimming off absentee ballots already in hand yesterday and counted by today is a lot less obvious than what PA is set up for... (not blaming them). I was *really* worried that PA was going to be an excuse for us to all find out if Roberts/Kavanaugh/Barrett were in line to replay their 2000 roles in spite of having been advanced *out* of them. -Steve - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
