A New Post

As we barrel into the new year, it is time to either turn this thing into a living, breathing blog or let it rest.

2005 ended on a high note for political junkies of my stripe. We saw the Cunningham Scandal, and the Abramoff Scandal which represents systemic Republican corruption, and another fiscal compromise of our political process. Unfortunately, the prosecutor for the largest political scandal of the century is a Bush recess appointment hack named Alice Fisher, who is an enthusiastic Republican donor and has never prosecuted a case in her life. I expect a few sacrificial lambs to go down, DeLay being one of them, but the entire filthy K Street Project is alive and well as is the "Contract with America."

Here in California, Ahnold promised $222 billion to rebuild California's infrastructure, but didn't really come up with a plan to pay for it other than borrowing us further into debt, but that's the way Republicans run economies in the 21st century. It's amusing to watch the "flip-flops" of Bush hacks when they realize the people really don't like the snake oil they're selling, and they try to look moderate to get the mythical "swing voters."

Look for 2006 to be a humble year for the party in power. Too bad there isn't another party that can take advantage of their glaring missteps. We may have single-party government for a long, long time.