Will it Be A Landslide?

by Max Johnson

I just can't believe that the people who got us in this mess are even close. How bad are the Democrats in marketing themselves that the party of big oil, big banks, and the corporate industrial war machines is going to take back control of one branch of Congress along with the Judicial branch of government that they already own? Only 50% of the population actually votes, so maybe there will be surprises and an additional 10 to 15% who have not voted for years will show up and turn the tide. Maybe the teaparty voters will be so angry with both parties that they will vote for libertarians giving the election to the Democrats. Maybe the toxic money injected into this campaign will turn off so many people that the incumbents will retain their seat. Maybe there will be a surge in people who will not vote out of fear or those who can ignore the propaganda that that has swept over the country will vote this year.

Now, if the Corporate party does take over the House, who should the Dems appoint as Minority Leader? Should Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn, and Van Holleran all be cast out? Should the Dems wipe the slate clean and start over? What about Jim McDermott of Washington or John Conyers of Detroit representing the old guard Democrats? Or maybe they should tap one of the moderate democrats to try to negotiate with the other side? Nancy Pelosi has to go whatever happens. She is such a polarizing figure in the United States, and it defies logic. She has not stood her ground as a progressive or there would have been trials of Bush administration officials for torture and entering a war based on lies. We would have ended Don't Ask Don't Tell and we would have started the health care debate with Canadian Style health care then compromised from that point. She has not served any known constituency, and has made the Democratic brand poison. Pelosi needs to be fired.