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**gkruCRi1** · 02-13-2007, 06:45 PM

There will always be partisanship and that is why there are two major parties. Given the sour public sentiments on the war and Bush, the Dems will look to maximise on that sentiment and keep it as an albatross over Bush and those Reps in Congress who were fervent "Bush-backers" who rubber stamped Bush until the Dems won Congress.

Overall though, I don't expect this Congress to be as partisan for reasons such as: 1) the Dems control the Congress and a Rep sits as POTUS, 2) the Dem hold on the Senate is razor thin, 3) alot of the new Dems elected to the House and Senate are on the conservative or libertarian side of the Dem party, and 4) many Reps want to move towards the centre to regain better footing amongst the total number of voters.

Whilst it seems alot of voters like posturing moves and thus that is why politicians do them, personally I don't like politicians wasting time on 'nonbinding' resolutions. IMHO, politicians should spend their time working on things that have actual value such as enacting or amending needed laws, negotiating or studying something that needs attention, budgeting, etc. If they merely want to express a viewpoint, then they can issue a press statement and move on. I think voters should get their money's worth of their labour whilst they are 'on the clock' on the public's tab.

02-13-2007, 06:45 PM	#19
gkruCRi1 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 505 Senior Member	There will always be partisanship and that is why there are two major parties. Given the sour public sentiments on the war and Bush, the Dems will look to maximise on that sentiment and keep it as an albatross over Bush and those Reps in Congress who were fervent "Bush-backers" who rubber stamped Bush until the Dems won Congress. Overall though, I don't expect this Congress to be as partisan for reasons such as: 1) the Dems control the Congress and a Rep sits as POTUS, 2) the Dem hold on the Senate is razor thin, 3) alot of the new Dems elected to the House and Senate are on the conservative or libertarian side of the Dem party, and 4) many Reps want to move towards the centre to regain better footing amongst the total number of voters. Whilst it seems alot of voters like posturing moves and thus that is why politicians do them, personally I don't like politicians wasting time on 'nonbinding' resolutions. IMHO, politicians should spend their time working on things that have actual value such as enacting or amending needed laws, negotiating or studying something that needs attention, budgeting, etc. If they merely want to express a viewpoint, then they can issue a press statement and move on. I think voters should get their money's worth of their labour whilst they are 'on the clock' on the public's tab.
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