>On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:06:49 -0400, Governor Swill
>gmail.com> wrote:
>

>>Day Brown hughes.net> used a stick in the sand to babble

>>>In like manner, Hoover was not in a position to do anything about the
>>>1929 crash. He didnt have the mandate from congress that FDR got. And
>>>whoever sits in the Oval Office next winter will need a mandate from
>>>congress to get anything significant done. I dont see Obama being able
>>>to do that nearly as well as McCain and Hillary, both of whom have
>>>been in town long enuf to know which closets have skeletons. And of
>>>course, Hillary has been perfectly willing to have people killed if
>>>politically necessary. Just ask Vince Foster.

>>
>>I disagree. McCain isn't going to get a mandate from a Dem controlled
>>Congress. Hillary isn't going to get any support from the Republicans
>>in Congress. The only one with the possibility of crossing party
>>lines on this is Obama.

>
>Then, (probably), the American people seeing the chaos
>that the GOP has caused in thwarting their wanting
>change----will eliminate a lot of the opposition
>(Republicans) and give (at least) Congress the power to
>do what they want.
>
>McCain will be screwed if both houses have a veto-proof
>majority, or the senate gets the 2/3rds majority they
>need to break filibusters.