The Occasional Observer

Luckily it looks like the roadblocks I raised about a year ago for the (then) newly-elected Dem Congress are coming to fruition. As predicted, Pelosi & Co. have neither been able to come up with any actual plans nor unify their party to effect any noticeable change in Congressional policies. This has resulted in overwhelmingly negative approval ratings for Congress (~11%), and now Pelosi / Boxer / Feinstein are watching their individual numbers plummet as well.

I think this was to be expected, and it underscores what we knew all along. The Democrats are great at denigrating Republicans and their proposals, but when it came time for them to actually stand for something, they had nothing. No great alternatives to Iraq, no great plan for national security, no great plan for changing global view of US, no great plan for trade or economy. Oh wait, I guess I'm forgetting the "gem" of a tax revision bill recently floated by Rangel. With plans like this, gridlock in Congress couldn't have come at a better time.