Mickey Kaus has a rational review of where Democrats need to stake their tent to take the next election. Entitled Return to 'Return to Normalcy' - Want a "message"? Here's one. While I agree with his analysis I think the MoveOn/Kos wing of the party would savage any Democrat taking that ground. Lieberman was the only one who came close and he was lost before he started. With Kos' influence having grown since the last cycle, there's no way he would go along to get along. He's an ideologue and willing to go over the cliff with his flag flying high. Any Democrat who wants the nomination is going to have to find a way to muzzle these guys before the heat is on. Otherwise, they could be a spoiler for their own party.
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project . Thank God they're going after this guy. He's been so brazen with his porkbarreling and the whiff of corruption around him has been ripe enough to smell from here. I'd rather have a 100% democrat run Congress if they were ethical. Term limits. One term for Senate, two for the House, one for the President. Some fear that would increase the power of lobbyists. Simple, ban any former members from being lobbyists and limit lobbyists to terms as well. (I'm not sure how that would work. Just a thought.) The other answer is transparency. No earmarks without a floor vote. No spending of any kind without a floor vote. All spending committees (intelligence aside) open to the public and recorded and available on the web.
Comments