August 04, 2007
Beginning of the end?
It's pretty clear who the LA Times is responsible for yesterday's events, but any way you slice it yesterday marked a low point in the federal legislative process. What strikes me is just how ineffective the Democrats seem to be, even as a majority party and how effective the GOP is, even as a minority. No one is playing nice here, but as the Democrats are at least nominally "in charge" of the House and Senate, they get to take the heat. With Congress support-levels riding at around 3 percent, one wonders if we're starting to see the final disintegration of the party.
Or, more ominously, are we seeing the end of the political process? Thus far, despite much rancor on both sides, the federal system seems to keep rolling along, even if only by inertia. What happens when the wheels fall off?
