Keeping in mind that this is a sports forum and my main interest is college football, I have digressed down to this political forum and found it to be a good way to spend an off season. It is obvious that many people are concerned with what is going on and the debate can get pretty heated and after a while it is obvious where any given individual stands as a matter of political preference. There is no majority rule and you can be right on one issue and wrong on another and it is what it is.
Look at this mess in Congress. Politics have never before gotten the attention it is getting at this point and time in recent history. Being a stats guy and following college football I sometimes stop to look at the numbers. I just went over some numbers having to do with Congress, see what you think.
It is obvious that the Dem’s have the upper hand on everything since they have the majority in the Senate and the office of Potus. In terms of stats there are 51 Democratic senators, 2 independents, and 47 republicans. So the Dem’s actually have a 51% majority and in reality only 4 more senators than do the republicans. Yet they control our destiny as it stands right now and all because of that majority of 4. Kind of scarey that the balance is that close yet the differences are that extreme.
In the House the Dems have 193 members and the Rep’s have 240. So the republicans have a 56% majority and in reality have 47 more representatives than the democrats.
Combined there are 535 members (the house and senate combined) and the republicans hold 287 slots, the democrats hold 244 slots and independents hold 2 slots so the republicans hold 54 slots in the house and senate. Because of the way our system works the democrats still have control and that is the way is.
When you see how polarized our country is at this time and you see how closely divided the house and senate are it is not hard to put two and two together. Again, this forum reflects the fact that there are huge differences and even extremes on both sides to contend with also.
The thing is that our democracy has always hung on a thread and everyone who resides here will ever think exactly alike. That in fact is what has always made our country great. Of course that is true politically and philosophically. But now our country is in financial peril and that threatens our very way of life. Consider the fact over the years 94 members of the house and senate have managed to log in over 36 years of tenure in office. Robert Byrd served 57 years and 176 days.
What is going on in DC right now is business as usual it is only because the economy has gone to hell and unemployment is so high that people are watching every move in DC. And it is business in usual in DC as these tenured career politicians dominate. If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got. It is obvious that the Tea Party pisses some people off but they are doing what they were sent there to do. They have not been deterred by corruption or overly seduced by lobbyists, they are still on a mission. People berate them because they defy the status quo, how dare they. Well it is the status quo that got us in this mess to begin with. The Tea Party members are doing what they were elected to office to do, I wish the same could be said for the career politicians. There is something inherently wrong when the people who created these problems are the same ones who have to solve them. That ain’t happening. I say thank God for the Tea Party and although I am not a member I think they represent the best of us and our best opportunity to get off the status quo and get back on the right track. In all likelihood they are too little too late but we shall see.
Look at this mess in Congress. Politics have never before gotten the attention it is getting at this point and time in recent history. Being a stats guy and following college football I sometimes stop to look at the numbers. I just went over some numbers having to do with Congress, see what you think.
It is obvious that the Dem’s have the upper hand on everything since they have the majority in the Senate and the office of Potus. In terms of stats there are 51 Democratic senators, 2 independents, and 47 republicans. So the Dem’s actually have a 51% majority and in reality only 4 more senators than do the republicans. Yet they control our destiny as it stands right now and all because of that majority of 4. Kind of scarey that the balance is that close yet the differences are that extreme.
In the House the Dems have 193 members and the Rep’s have 240. So the republicans have a 56% majority and in reality have 47 more representatives than the democrats.
Combined there are 535 members (the house and senate combined) and the republicans hold 287 slots, the democrats hold 244 slots and independents hold 2 slots so the republicans hold 54 slots in the house and senate. Because of the way our system works the democrats still have control and that is the way is.
When you see how polarized our country is at this time and you see how closely divided the house and senate are it is not hard to put two and two together. Again, this forum reflects the fact that there are huge differences and even extremes on both sides to contend with also.
The thing is that our democracy has always hung on a thread and everyone who resides here will ever think exactly alike. That in fact is what has always made our country great. Of course that is true politically and philosophically. But now our country is in financial peril and that threatens our very way of life. Consider the fact over the years 94 members of the house and senate have managed to log in over 36 years of tenure in office. Robert Byrd served 57 years and 176 days.
What is going on in DC right now is business as usual it is only because the economy has gone to hell and unemployment is so high that people are watching every move in DC. And it is business in usual in DC as these tenured career politicians dominate. If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got. It is obvious that the Tea Party pisses some people off but they are doing what they were sent there to do. They have not been deterred by corruption or overly seduced by lobbyists, they are still on a mission. People berate them because they defy the status quo, how dare they. Well it is the status quo that got us in this mess to begin with. The Tea Party members are doing what they were elected to office to do, I wish the same could be said for the career politicians. There is something inherently wrong when the people who created these problems are the same ones who have to solve them. That ain’t happening. I say thank God for the Tea Party and although I am not a member I think they represent the best of us and our best opportunity to get off the status quo and get back on the right track. In all likelihood they are too little too late but we shall see.
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