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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 204898" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p style="text-align: left">Senior,</p><p>In your subliminal way I see what you are saying and it's possible but I don't think these guys are that smart or rather yet they are to greedy for power to actually entertain such longthinking terms. I also think the dems are smart pushing for the repubs to end the problem before Nov. 08' but if I were a democrat, I'm not sure I'd want to be President. There will be a whole lot of mess to clean up and I'm just not sure the type of measures they might want to use (what the core party supporters want) are gonna fly with the public when if you look as the economics of the last 25 plus years, it's all been about the same. GW's mistake was accepting the premise that excessive spending and debt is OK and he should have forced the Congress and especially members of his own party to tow a more spend thrifty line on discreationary and porkbarrel items. Do that and the repubs still control the Congress IMO. </p><p> </p><p>Bill Clinton publically was no hardcore supply sider but he did little as President to dismantle Reaganomics during his terms and we had it pretty good during those years from that aspect as he and Gore who publically talked of reinventing gov't did balance the budget and was on the way to surplus which could have helped to paydown national debt. Maybe Bill was a lot smarter than some want to give him credit for. </p><p> </p><p>Of the current bunch and as much of a shock to some as this might be, except for a couple of things here or there, I think Hillary would be much like him. Remember she was there and saw what worked and she wants the power and position more than making some type of idealog statement. As Senator from NY she's in position to do the idealog thing and as of yet she's not done a thing really. I also think this is another reason among several some of the more leftward side of the party are thumbing their noses at her and going elsewhere like Obama. </p><p> </p><p>Sometimes you learn more about the leaders of a party or the candidates when you watch the supporters, especially the core supporters of the party than listening to the tripe from the otherside of the isle. Plus American politics really is about campaigning from the extremes during the Prelims. and then running and governing from the middle in the general election and when actually in office. </p><p> </p><p>JMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 204898, member: 2189"] [LEFT]Senior,[/LEFT] In your subliminal way I see what you are saying and it's possible but I don't think these guys are that smart or rather yet they are to greedy for power to actually entertain such longthinking terms. I also think the dems are smart pushing for the repubs to end the problem before Nov. 08' but if I were a democrat, I'm not sure I'd want to be President. There will be a whole lot of mess to clean up and I'm just not sure the type of measures they might want to use (what the core party supporters want) are gonna fly with the public when if you look as the economics of the last 25 plus years, it's all been about the same. GW's mistake was accepting the premise that excessive spending and debt is OK and he should have forced the Congress and especially members of his own party to tow a more spend thrifty line on discreationary and porkbarrel items. Do that and the repubs still control the Congress IMO. Bill Clinton publically was no hardcore supply sider but he did little as President to dismantle Reaganomics during his terms and we had it pretty good during those years from that aspect as he and Gore who publically talked of reinventing gov't did balance the budget and was on the way to surplus which could have helped to paydown national debt. Maybe Bill was a lot smarter than some want to give him credit for. Of the current bunch and as much of a shock to some as this might be, except for a couple of things here or there, I think Hillary would be much like him. Remember she was there and saw what worked and she wants the power and position more than making some type of idealog statement. As Senator from NY she's in position to do the idealog thing and as of yet she's not done a thing really. I also think this is another reason among several some of the more leftward side of the party are thumbing their noses at her and going elsewhere like Obama. Sometimes you learn more about the leaders of a party or the candidates when you watch the supporters, especially the core supporters of the party than listening to the tripe from the otherside of the isle. Plus American politics really is about campaigning from the extremes during the Prelims. and then running and governing from the middle in the general election and when actually in office. JMO. [/QUOTE]
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