John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT
“The president may not know it, but things just got a lot more complicated for him”
I don't see the election as a big loss or a big gain for either political party.
I wish it were otherwise, but the net Democratic gains are not impressive.
Yes, they regained control of the House, but not by a big margin, and they lost ground in the Senate, which is, by far, the most powerful branch in America’s legislature, having control over all major appointments and treaties.
And don’t forget, there are numbers of Democrats indistinguishable from Republicans, so with a fairly thin majority, you have the strength to do very little.
Trump has been so unmistakably awful, and on a whole list of matters, that it's just remarkable there wasn't a huge voter rejection of him, but the fact is, there was not.
Indeed, Trump was emboldened to fire his Attorney General.
The Republicans are now captives of this truly awful, filthy man, but the Democrats seem still to have nothing to offer and no articulate leadership worthy of the title.
America’s voters really do resemble a huge pool of fairly stagnant water, slowly approaching and beginning to swirl around the edge of a drain which empties into a dark pit of unknowable depths.
With all the dangers and turmoil we face in the world, much of it deliberately created by America’s own government, I regard this election outcome as the promise of nothing. The American political system proved itself incapable of meaningful response.
As far as impeachment goes, well, the actual trials take place in the Senate, and the Republicans increased their hold on that powerful branch of government.
It would be fruitless even to start proceedings in the House.
