The Democratic Tsunami
After six years of unchecked Republican power, the people have spoken and the result was a bloodbath of epic proportions. And a rebuke of the Democrats gained a majority in the House and the Senate (both Independents will caucus with the Dems) and now the worst President in our nation's history will have a check on his power. Although, there are many conservative Democrats in the caucus, the important thing is that all the committee chairmanships will be democratic, and the agenda will be set by the Democrats (and with that, the priorities). So we're going to see (hopefully) legislation that actually may be able to help people, like a middle class tax cut, like a raising of the minimum wage, like fixing the Medicare drug benefit, like shoring up Social Security without privatizing it, and starting to get a handle on ruining the deficit. And maybe we can get started on a couple of big deals like funding of stem cell research, funding of renewable energy, and to get the hell out of Iraq and actually make this country safer.