Predictions

I'm excited. In fact, I can't wait. I've already sent in my absentee ballot, and on Tuesday, I get to see the results of suffrage. I get to see history in the making...

I've read a lot of commentary about how a shift in control of the legislative branch won't bring about any meaningful change. About the "lesser of two evils." In a nutshell, about how futile the whole shit really is.

Blah, blah, blah. I suspect that much of this commentary is coming from, generally speaking, smart people who are just disillusioned with the political party they once believed in. I was one of them too. I believed George W. Bush was better suited to meet the challenges of this new century than Al Gore was. That for all his deficiencies, he was surrounded by immensely capable people, a sort of political dream team (in fact, he is surrounded by a political dream team). But for all of that potential, for all of its lofty claims, this administration has disappointed me time and again. They lost me...specifically; Hurricane Katrina was the last straw, in my opinion.

The trifecta of Republican control in the executive and legislative branches, the "do-nothing Congress," is no longer acceptable. Things WILL change after this election.

Here it is: the Democrats will sweep this election in a landslide, recapturing both houses of Congress, on the strength of an electorate who is disgusted by the almost unlimited powers of the executive and its execution (or lack of, in some instances)of that power.

I cant wait to see the White House have to wrangle with a Congress that actually does its job. To see measures, such as wiretapping and suspension of Habeus Corpus actually debated, instead of passed in a matter of weeks. The Founders did not envision an environment where such monumental measure could pass so quickly and easily.

Prediction: Democrats sweep. Things will change. And for the better.