Moment of truth

Tonight we'll see how much American is committed to change or wants to continue to 'follow the yellow brick road'. Should the Democrats take control of the Senate and significant control (since they're already expected to gain control) of the House, then we'll know that 'the dream is over' and we're back in Kansas and addressing the real issues of a real world. If not, then I assume that American is interested in living in the dream world of George W Bush and his advisors. In either event, people will get the government they deserve.

For me, it's a no-brainer. Bush is one of the worst presidents in modern American history; he has neither an effective domestic policy nor foreign policy. The moral standing, nevermind, its actual ability to lead the world has been severely eroded under the current administration. It's bogged down in the quagmire of Iraq (with an unwillingly to confront of the dire reality of anomie and 'civil war' there), their eye has been diverted from the other, and major, international trends -- the rise of China, the nuclearization of North Korea and Iran, growing socialist (and anti-American/West) of South America ... . Their slow and equivible reopens to the scandals of human rights violation UNDER their watch at Gitmo, Abu Graib, Iraq, be it accusation of torture, denial legal rights, has placed America and Americans in real danger.

Domestically, the infastructure, particularly socially, has been greatly undermined. Beyond the perception that government isn't there for everyone -- only to assist the already wealthy become wealthier through tax cuts including a repeal of the estate tax -- people don't trust that the government -- the Executive (Presidency) and Legislature (Congress +) -- are out to advance, nevermind protect, the interests of the middle class. The poor are left even more powerless.

Despite the number of disclosures of the lies told by the Administration, I'm not sure that the general public is willing to hold the Bush White House and Republican Congress accountable. Tonight, we'll see.