Fixing the Mess

Now that the Democrats have taken the House and look like they will take the Senate as well, it is time to start fixing what the rubber stamp Republican Congress and the Bush Administration wrecked over the past six years. I do not want to see President Bush impeached nor do I want months of hearings on why we got into Iraq. However, I do want the Democratically-controlled Congress to be a strong check on the unbridled presidential power that President Bush has tried to wield these past few years. I want real answers on what we are supposed to be doing in Iraq and when we are going to get the hell out. Secretary Rumsfeld's departure is a start but that does not address the fact that the war in Iraq is still the brainchild of Bush, Cheney and their neocon cronies. I want to know why we are not actively going after Bin Laden and the Taliban. I think Nancy Pelosi's call for bipartisanship is admirable and honorable. I am skeptical of the President's statement's on that issue because it only comes now that he is backed into a corner. Where was the spirit of bipartisanship when those opposing the war in Iraq or raising questions about the Patriot Act were labeled unpatriotic? Where was the spirit of bipartisanship when President Bush vetoed the stem cell research bill passed by both houses of Congress? The Democrats need to aggressively push an agenda that will help ordinary, hardworking Americans instead of the Republican agenda of greed helping corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. On November 7 the American people rejected Roveian Republican politics and gave the Democrats a chance; let's hope they do not screw it up.