In the final hours of the election, one thing is for sure and that is that the Democrats now have control of the House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi is sure to be the "Speaker of the House," plus a litany of changes are coming to the "new house," in all of the chairmanships. For all of the posturing, ad bashing, and the rest of the dirty tricks, made and played by both parties, all is now complete and the Democrats have reached out and nabbed the what they wished for. With "Power Republicans" like JD Hayworth falling to his democrat foe, as the incumbent. It is blatantly obvious that the American people have now spoken, and they have spoken for a "change."
However, "change" for the American people that just voted, may be a completely different ball game, then the change that will come from the House (and possibly the Senate). Americans, by majority vote and polling, want: 1. They want an answer and fix to "illegal immigration" and the millions of illegals in the country already. 2. They want a complete and honest set of legislators who will be above corruption, will not be partisan and will work across the aisle to reform the country, and it would be nice for the House and Senate to work more than 100 days a year (and work closer to the 130-150 days, like in days past). 3. The people of the newly elected house (maybe Senate) have to "WORK" with each other, come up with a plan for Iraq, and not start a bunch of back biting with the President, in order to stabilize Iraq.
The Democrats now have their wish, but what have they actually won? Collin Powell said, before the US went into Iraq, "If you break it, then you own it." The democrats are now in a position, from winning the House, and now they are of the mantra "You won it, now you fix it." The whole political season, leading up to this election was based on change, how the republicans have been the party of corruption, and were now unworthy of their offices, because of the three main issues above. It is one thing to run your whole campaign carping and saying that the problems of the whole country, comes down to the party in powers fault. However, now that the party that was in power has been defeated, the people that have seized power must come up with solutions to the country's problems.
Who will be the person in the Democratic majority that will be the voice of not only reason, but also the voice of the people, will there be a group of people in both the republican and democratic party to stand up and cross the aisle and make a difference, or will the Nancy Pelosi's, Dick Durbin's, and the other partisan politicians of the democratic party bang their liberal drum, drag the Bush Administration through countless inquiries and congressional hearing (with possible impeachment's)? Only time will tell on all of these issues, plus the issues that will continually grow and grow (like China's dealings with all of the corrupt African leaders, China building it's army and gobbling up our national debt, Iran and North Korea's nuclear issues, plus terrorism, oil drilling, the constant assault on our nature, plus more and more issues). Democrats have run an effective and winning campaign on "CHANGE." However, the people trusted the democrats, by giving them control of the House, with America. What will the democrats do with that trust, with a republican President, and finally what will the democratic majority do to make a 'Change"?
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