The Net Monkey

My friend Jason recently posted an article to his blog about politics and the recent election, saying, while the Democrats have won this battle, to “wake [him] up when government actually does something interesting and positive. It’s not like Democrats are all that great these days.” I can’t say that I disagree with Jason on this one, but I do not share his cynicism.

Don’t get me wrong; I’m delighted the Democrats won both houses of the Congress, but I’m not naive as to believe that having the Democrats in control will represent any kind of silver bullet, in that everything is going to change and the situation in Iraq is going to improve. That is just not realistic; however, I do believe that one-party rule is bad for us.

Our national government is setup with a system of checks and balances, but, in my opinion, those don’t work so well when the leadership of the executive and legislative branches are of the same party. One party should balance out the other.

In the end, the Republicans and Democrats will need to work together and compromise, in order to accomplish anything. I am certain the President will start vetoing more bills, but Congress won’t be so willing to push forward his agenda either.

So, with all that being said, I think the positive outcome of this election is that we have a more balanced government than we’ve had in the last six years.

And I think that’s good for us.