Here and There

I love reading about poll results. The latest I have in mind is on the Washington Post’s website.

But seriously, every story I read about a survey tends to skate right over what seems the really significant bit of information. In the story linked to above, the fact that as many “independents” in the poll (45 percent) preferred to see Democrats take back the House of Representatives as those who had no opinion is startling.

Think about that. The Democratic Party, poised to take control of the legislative branch of our government, is running neck-and-neck with shrugged shoulders.

I’m glad to see the descent (let’s hope it lasts) of this extremely right-wing iteration of the Republican Party. But my god. Since when could vague notions of complete apathy beat out one of the major parties? This truly speaks volumes about the state of politics in the U.S. in 2006.

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