The People's Business
I'm sure you've all been waiting with bated breath for me to weigh in on the meaning, import, and consequences of the recent election. Well, I'm not gonna. (Except to agree with what my friend Jana says in her excellent blog, that the world is a safer place with Christine O'Donnell at home.) I think our politicians have collectively lost their way -- at least the ones at the congressional level, both federal and state. In my state, the Democrats kept the senate but lost the house. The new house minority leader said his highest priority for this session is to regain the majority. Really? Well, that sucks. Because it means you intend to play politics instead of doing the people's business. That's exactly what the Republicans did for the last two years. It worked for them politically -- they gained quite a lot of ground in this midterm election. But at what cost? The ugliest, most divisive political rhetoric in decades. The vilification of a good m