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Originally Posted by {DvT}JonahHex
That may be. However, the Pres is only 1/3 of the equation. A change in the White House usually brings a change in the Congress with it...not always...but often. McCain in the White House may not bring a Rep majority back to Congress, but if not, it is likely that balance would remain similar to what it is...and impotent, as it now is, and, if so, either the balance only shifts slightly and is merely impotent in the other direction or we get the "tax-cut and spend" nutcases again.
Us libruls may be "tax and spend" but at least the tax part gives us a way to pay our bills when we spend...and the phone company won't cut off the FBI's wiretap service.  Further, with the Dem's predilection for getting out of Iraq, when they spend it is likely they'll spend on and for Americans.
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You could make the argument that we seem to make the best decisions when the president is the opposite party of whoever has the majority in congress. We just balance things better that way.