[Lady In Blue]

You did good,mountainfolk! I hope that your friend stays on the right track,if you know what I mean! lol!

[Common Tator]

There is a consistancy in the American voter over long periods. When times are good and there are no big problems, our people tend to vote for a divided governemnt. I think that it is just a result of what they want. They don't say I want divided government. They say here is the guy who will do what I want done.. and that produces divided government. When things are good they don't want people to change things that might make things bad. The out of party candidates attack whatever the president is trying to do and that appeals to the voters. The in power party is trying to change things their way,and people tend to not vote for things that change good times.

But when times are bad or there are other problems the people wants a United Government. They want a congress and president to work together to fix things.

For a president to hold popularity in problem filled times he has to be seen as trying to fix things. That is what Bush is doing. He has a plan to fix every problem. He knows that in troubled times, problem fixers are popular.

The Democrats are persuing the tactics best used when things are good. They attack Bush. But if they were smart they would work with Bush. They would present a Democrat Senate as a unifying force. They would be first with the fixes and they would propose fixes bush would oppose. That wa they could make him the force standing in the way of fixing things.

The course of action the Democrats are taking has never worked. When there are problems a good rule is to never fight with a president that is trying to fix them. They would have to present fixes that the president can't accept. You have pass them so the public sees the president as the man standing in the way of fixing the problems.

But Daschle and Gephard, and all the rest are standing in the way of Bush's fixes. In the past people who do that get run over by the voters at the polls.