Letters to the Editor
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Welcome back!
I'm sorry you were sick, Mr. Leonard, definitely glad you're on the mend; I missed you! Anymore, with the War Room descending into bedlam, I feel like "How The World Works" is the salon-within-Salon. Anyway, you were sorely missed.
As for "The Economist" -- I don't know! I'm so used to disagreeing with them, and yet, they're making points I've made throughout Obama's candidacy. I do feel that a new consensus can be reached with Obama, with the independents as a fulcrum, and the qualities his detractors use against him are precisely those which would make him able to get things done, particularly if the enthusiasm behind his candidacy leads to a real sweep in Congress -- a major House-cleaning, to say nothing of the Senate.
Harry Reid and the DLC types had their chance in 2006, and they blew it, royally. So, if an Obama win in the general brings in a new Democratic majority, a true majority (not a DINO weaker-than-tea majority), then there's a chance to get things going again, which can only help with the Democrats, since the GOP pursued an obstructionist policy since 2006. Fewer Republicans in Congress will mean fewer obstructionists and will force the DLC DINOs to caucus with the new Democratic majority, instead of with their Republican bedfellows.