This window of opportunty isn't open very long

[cleveramerican]

Within twelve months of today congress will begin putting things off "until after the election".The biggest threat to progress in congress isn't defeat, its delay.Delay is the hammer each party uses to stick it to the other. Same as it ever was.


We have maybe 10 months to show the voting public their faith was well placed. Impeachment, endless sub-comitte hearings isn't what the public is demanding. We must be grown-ups about this and genuinely work with the president to DO SOMETHING REAL. Pragmatic solutions to seemingly intractable problems is where we should focus our best efforts. If we fall into the trap of re-visiting every slight of the last 6 years, our victory will be hollow and short lived.

The temptation to try and do too much is strong. We must be the grown-ups and put aside our hurt feelings and end the campaign, focus on governing aand we won't have to tell folks how swell we are in'08, they will already know.


One or two priorities is all that can pragmatically be achieved, We must choose those two with a high level of circumspect consideration.Revenge isn't one of them.