The 60

I was in Europe during a large portion of the last month, so I apologize for the lack of posts. Let's get this started again.

The Election of 2008 has finally come to an end. Minnesota has a new senator. And the Democrats in Congress now have 58 senators in the United States Senate. Throw in Joe Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut, and Bernie Sanders, the socialist from Vermont, and you have 60 senators that caucus as Democrats...which means that they can easily overcome any common sense that Republican senators throw at them.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (the dudes in charge of financing Republican candidates for the Senate around the country) created this video, titled "60," in response to the dominant position that the Democrats have obtained in the White House and Congress.



I would say it's a bit over the top (and certainly not very flattering to Al Franken), but their point is certainly driven home. Blaming Bush can no longer work. Blaming Republicans can no longer work. The ball is completely in your court.

Obviously, if the country does turn around completely, the Democrats will be taking credit for said turn-around, but frankly, I'm not so sure that their policies will be successful.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see, because the Democrats are going to implement them anyway.