Tremendous Success

If you thought the last 2 years were bad for American politics, just wait for the next 2 years.  With a Democratic House of Representatives, expect even more conflict and division.  I think the “blue wave” should have and could have been a lot bigger than it actually was, and send a proper message to Trump.  But it wasn’t, more of a “blue splash”, just going to show how even more divided and polarized the country is.  Especially since there are practically no moderate Republicans left in the Republican Party – this means an even more right-wing agenda, that will be continuously blocked by the Democratic House.  I find it interesting that Trump has already issued threats and warnings about being investigated – a somewhat redundant threat since he is already being investigated (and as a write this, I read that Jeff Sessions the Attorney General has been fired – so expect developments on the FBI probe front).  And his “wish” that Democrats and Republicans should set aside partisanship to work together is just absurd – these are two parties going in the opposite directions with increasingly limited mutual interests, and most of that is due to him, his rhetoric and his actions.  I despair for America.  And of course, Big Oil and Big Soda won both initiatives in our state – no surprise given the huge amounts of money they spent campaigning.  Capitalism always beats democracy.