Something to watch. Sort of like the politics of the day. For with the new Congress and the new Legislature both sworn-in this week, with W's day just two weeks away, the political year 2001 doesn't look to me to be what it's cracked up to be. I don't think so. In Harrisburg and Washington, narrow Republican control, dearly won, should freeze expectations for progress or change.
Nobody has any mandates.
Tom Ridge is a lame-duck governor pushing no real innovation or issue. W takes control thinking the three branches of government are the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. In Harrisburg, post-election malaise should set in. Both sides spent themselves trying to get or keep partisan power for the upcoming redraw of congressional and legislative districts. That's where the Legislature should spend the season.