Trickle down theory and the reverse-Robin Hood fiscal policies that come from the discredited theory should never return to our civic life.

They should go the way of internment camps for Japanese immigrants, the way of the Dred Scott SCOTUS decision, or the xenophobic Know-Nothing Party, as stupid, horrible, insane mistakes that the country will never repeat again.

Pure conservatism had a petrie dish in GWB's White House. For 4 years he controlled every branch of government and even some departments that should not be politicized. The country ran on pure free market conservatism and it nearly destroyed the world.

But because a small clique of very powerful people stand to gain a lot of money from the return of the reverse-Robin Hood policies, it will all be back in 4 to 8 years.

Maybe even less than 4 years. There will probably be an attempt to impeach Obama in the spring of 2011. The crime will be some sort of trumped up corruption canard.

Who is going to impeach Obama in 2011. Not the dominantly Democratic House. It won't be sustained by the 60-democrat Senate. He'd have to make a hell of a mess to get anything started. The right wingnuts are probably already planning impeachment proceedings, but I think the people are tired of this scherade. If Bush wasn't impeachable, the bar has been raised a heckuva long distance.

Neoconservatism is dead. The financial crisis and nationalization of the banks did it, not Obama. FEMA/Katrina, water torture, Iraq lies, Abu Graib, signing statements, massive tax-deficits, earmarks, 9-1-1 failure, intelligence agency failures, outing of Plame, endless and failed Afghanistan war, with failed Pakistan protection, no-bid contracting to Halliburton, 1 million dead Iraquis, 100 dollar oil, Guantanamo, renditions, suspension of habeas corpus, collapse of highway bridges, Alberto Gonzales and the corruption of Justice Dept ... it's all evidence of 40 years of corrupt principles. "Nobody ever imagined that the dikes would breach." Yeah, right.

Obama is just the right guy at the right time.
Who'd vote for any party with a record like the Repubs have earned?

I've never bought the concept of trickle down economics, but you're fooling yourself by thinking it's been discredited. Conservatives (like McCain) can easily argue that Bush failed because he couldn't control government spending.

Liberal ideas, and the Democrats, have more traction when the economy tanks. Obama has an opportunity to change the discourse, but things could change, particularly if his policies can't start a strong recovery.

I think it's the circumstances more than the ideas. In early September, at the height of McCain's post-convention bounce, the voters trusted McCain more than Obama on foreign policy by large margins and on the economy by small ones.

The current Democratic strength on the economy happened just because Lehman Brothers collapsed last month. It could just as well have lasted six more months and gotten people to say the Democrats were at fault. In either case, the culprit would still be deregulation, but it's just by accident that the popular perception of the crisis is more or less the right one. (And even then, it took a stock market crash to convince many voters that letting the financial industry collapse isn't sound economics.)

Murphy: "The right wingnuts are probably already planning impeachment proceedings,"
Exactly
" but I think the people are tired of this scherade."
Doesn't matter.

I said there will probably be an attempt to impeach Obama. For them it's all politics.

It's an attempt to make Obama a lame duck. The attempt is to undermine people's trust in him. Raise doubts. Tarnish his image. It will help GOP candidates win some close elections if they can run saying 'the democrats, who as we know are always under investigation, just can't be trusted, and 100% partisan they're covering something up for their Chicago boss"

The GOP has learned how to use the spectre of investigations and impeachment as an effective political tool to weaken a strong executive by sabotaging their relationship with the public.

The candidates have a major difference in their leadership styles, i've noticed: McCain tends to say, "Vote for me because the other guy can't get it done" while Obama says, "Vote for me because I can get it done." ... of the two of them Obama demonstrates a better leadership mentality

I hope this electon has opened the minds of Americans. When our contitution was being debated, may members did not want us to become a democracy. The reason being that it takes intellect to run a country and to make decisions for the people. Madison and others knew that the common man, the ones who were making this country great, needed a voice. For the past forty years to many Americans have feed the fears of those men of long ago as they have been more concerned about their pocketbooks, and neglected to understand the politics and economy of their country. As I spoke to my fellow country men and women I have been alarmed by their lack of thinking and beleif that our governement can some how fix everything. They have neglected their priviledge that "We the People" can make changes in our country NOT the "Government". But as the election got closer many people were thinking about issues and thinking about solutions and my pride as an American began to rise. I love McCain's ideals. He is a great American and has always tried to find ways to bring this country (our Congress) together on issuse that needed resolutions. Obamba brings a youth back to our nation and hopefully true reform not drastic changes. For our country needs a leader who can make us feel like Americans; One people of many colors. We need a leader who can help us find common grounds that will ensure domestic tranquility with liberty and strentgh as a people who are willing to help their fellow man no matter what we face. That's why we are proud of who we are. That's why so many want to be in this country. We need our people to again remember who we are,and why we are loved by many nations. Community is what made our country great, and we need leaders all over America to show why communities will makes us strong again. As with any leader, he or she must be a motivator to their constituents, and the people must make sure their voice in heard as well. I'm excited about the momentum this election has caused in this country. My New Years wish is that we American begin to make the choices to help make this a greater country so we all can prosper again.