A Pitiful Start

Another Congressman fell this week. Rep Bob Ney (R)-Ohio entered a gulty plea in a case related to the Abramoff lobbying scandal. The Congressman has not yet resigned, though if a conviction is actually reached on the charge, he would be ineligible to serve in the Congress. (I suppose it is a Darwinian thing, if you get caught, you aren't ready for the big leagues). Another blow to the GOP, (is that the GREEDY Old Party?). That's two incumbents down, quite a few to go.

This cannot look good in the eyes of an electorate that is overloaded with news from many quarters and pretty fed up with everything, it certainly won't do that party any good, but will it really harm them? There are quite a few Democrats out there who are talking about the issues that concern the average voter, and they have a chance of doing well. There are some whose chief qualification is that they are not Republicans, and they are questionable. Voters in those states/districts will have to choose between the scumbag they know and the scumbag they don't. The issue of a punitive response might play heavily in these areas, but maybe not. These are the races that keep the whole thing in play. Then there are incumbents on the right who are staying quiet every chance they get, so as not to draw unwelcome attention to themselves, as well as those incumnbents on the left who are pretty confident of their standing who are running off at the mouth as though the words that they spew are gospel. Those two groups are hosing things for their parties future prospects, though not necessarily their own. (Did you follow that?).

Nice tune, eh?

I will leave you with one thought, shamelessly swiped from another site:






Stay focused.