I want to go out for a drink with John McCain, talk about our country, ways to make it better. Cindy can come, too, I don't mind. Let's invite Fred Thompson, and Orrin Hatch, and Arlen Specter, too. Christie Whitman might have some good ideas. And let's invite Joe Biden, and Joe Lieberman, and some of the Gang of 14. And Teddy, if his health is up to it. Maybe a couple of Blue Dogs. Bill Richardson would probably have something to contribute. Yeah--the kid from Illinois can come, too. We'll drink beer, eat pizza and burgers; we'll speak passionately, and maybe even come up with some good ideas that good people can agree on. Maybe even get one of them as far as committee.
See, I think that McCain is perfectly willing to invite everyone on your list. He understands that progress is government is a process of ongoing compromise, and he is the guy that Republican Establishment has been trying to keep out of office because he has been reaching across the aisle.
Fixing government is going to be an ugly political fight. And remember that the character of the next President will not be determined by Iraq, but by what they do with Guantanamo, FISA, Illegal Immigration, and China. I'd be very interested in seeing how either of these men talkabout Georgia, whose president is American educated, was inspired by our Founding Fathers, and instituted our founding principles--to great success, which is why Russia ultimately attacked them.
I also don't think that he'll appoint right-wing radicals to the Supremes. He can pick conservative jurists who won't be objectionable to the Dems on Roe v Wade and still reshape the court so that it is highly conservative. Trust me, there are a LOT of conservatives around who think that apart from dealing with some egregious failings of the abortion industry, as an industry, that it's really a private matter. (I happen to be married to one.)
In my mind, the problem with Obama is that he is really not prepared for the huge challenges of uniting a country who is inflamed by people who don't want it united. Truly united, Americans are the most dangerous people on the planet, which is why a lot of people don't want us to ever be united unless it is through demagogy. I also think that the guns/bible/bitter comment really showed him to be two-faced and elitist. It's going to leave a mark, because it is PRIME fodder for soft money.
Could he be part of that party of which you speak? Yes, but I also don't think that he'd be a mover and shaker in that room, because he's really not ready. :(
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Date: 2008-09-05 02:16 pm (UTC)See, I think that McCain is perfectly willing to invite everyone on your list. He understands that progress is government is a process of ongoing compromise, and he is the guy that Republican Establishment has been trying to keep out of office because he has been reaching across the aisle.
Fixing government is going to be an ugly political fight. And remember that the character of the next President will not be determined by Iraq, but by what they do with Guantanamo, FISA, Illegal Immigration, and China. I'd be very interested in seeing how either of these men talkabout Georgia, whose president is American educated, was inspired by our Founding Fathers, and instituted our founding principles--to great success, which is why Russia ultimately attacked them.
I also don't think that he'll appoint right-wing radicals to the Supremes. He can pick conservative jurists who won't be objectionable to the Dems on Roe v Wade and still reshape the court so that it is highly conservative. Trust me, there are a LOT of conservatives around who think that apart from dealing with some egregious failings of the abortion industry, as an industry, that it's really a private matter. (I happen to be married to one.)
In my mind, the problem with Obama is that he is really not prepared for the huge challenges of uniting a country who is inflamed by people who don't want it united. Truly united, Americans are the most dangerous people on the planet, which is why a lot of people don't want us to ever be united unless it is through demagogy. I also think that the guns/bible/bitter comment really showed him to be two-faced and elitist. It's going to leave a mark, because it is PRIME fodder for soft money.
Could he be part of that party of which you speak? Yes, but I also don't think that he'd be a mover and shaker in that room, because he's really not ready. :(