This is a time for healing. A time for uniting .A time for putting aside partisan bickering .A time for consensus .A time to hew to the center .A time to shun the extremes. A time to expand government, in other words. A time for such perennial favorites as gun control, putting more cops on the street, free prescription drugs for the elderly, and a pay raise for the military.
Foreign adventures are sure to follow.
The Democrats may hate George W., but they will work with him. White House and Capitol Hill will continue to squander public money on pork barrel projects and corporate welfare, just as they had done throughout the Clinton years. Today s political fights are not about ideology. They are about raw power. This is what makes them especially ferocious.