Taking Care Of Business

 

Progressives can take comfort in the fact that the Court's ruling on corporate cash in elections is nothing compared to the peoples' resolve to push back against what it represented. The American people did not vote for cuts in programs, they voted for higher taxes on the very wealthy.

 The Electoral College that actually decides presidential elections makes President Obama's win look like a landslide. But it also makes networks trying to keep viewers tuning in so they can sell air space look desperate. The Presidents performance over the next four years, without the worry of re-election, will determine the chances of a Democrat getting in the White House in 2016. Who's going to replace Obama? Now is the time to start grooming a successor either within the administration or in Congress.

This election also marks a cultural shift. Ballot measures that had failed for years, allowing the marriage of two men or two women in Maine and Maryland and legalizing marijuana in Washington State and Colorado, were voted into law.  Change is the one constant.

Like it or not, the reality is that after two victories by a person of color, the Republican Party stands on the brink of being irrelevant. How can or will the Republicans make themselves relevant as a national political party?The day of the angry white male voter rule is over. Of course, in some states, especially the South, it will linger for a long time.