The Party s appetite for a blockbuster on par with that Republican actor s performance took them from the left side of the theatre to the middle. From those seats they watched their majorities in the House and Senate vanish like ballplayers into corn stalks on Field of Dreams. Their best hope for reclaiming any majority rests on the geriatric shoulders of two Republican senators who will likely be replaced by Democratic understudies. The Republicans fared no better. The government shutdown and impeachment were box office flops, leading to the dismissal of Newt Gingrich who had taken production credits.
Most Republicans are anxious for a script in which they are the good guys again.
Our American Beauty is almost over. There will be no more Bill Clinton. The man who felt America s pain, and occasionally her breasts, must find a new role. Rumors abound that Clinton will run for the Senate, but I think that he ll head to his spiritual home in Malibu and appear on The West Wing. Clinton will finally get to rule Hollywood.