Greatly exaggerated

"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."--Mark Twain

While there is bound to be a healthy dose of schadenfreude for Democrats in light of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's withdrawal from the race for the Speaker of the House, and the seeming disarray of the republican party in general, there also seems to be a lot of hope that this will translate into electoral success for the Democrats.

Forget about it.

I lived through Watergate, one of the worst scandals in American history, and a mere six years after a republican President resigned in utter disgrace, the American people elected another republican to the Presidency in one of the most lopsided Presidential elections we've ever had.  Even the stupidest of cats lands on its feet.

So while we'll still probably take the Presidency again, republicans will garner 48-49% of the vote.  Winning back the Senate is at best a fifty-fifty proposition, and taking the House would take a miracle on par with the raising of Lazarus.  The blue state/red state dichotomy is just too strong.

Still, you have to wonder about a group of people who would scream bloody murder if the local McDonald's hired an incompetent boob, but seem all too happy to hand over the reins of the most powerful nation in the world to a group of people who have shown absolutely no ability to govern simply because they have an "R" next to their name.

Peace.
emaycee