Wednesday, November 7, 2012
America Votes for Dysfunction
When the latest issue of The New York Review of Books
hit the stands, it included a short “think piece” by Joseph Lelyveld entitled “The
Likely Winner.” This was not written to predict whether Barack Obama would
be able to return for four more years in the White House or be displaced by
Mitt Romney. Rather, Lelyveld took a broader view that included the Congress,
as well as the White House, and concluded that, whatever would be decided in
the polling places, the “likely winner” would be four more years of
dysfunctional government. Listening to today’s “morning after” commentary, it
would appear that Lelyveld has made the most sensible call of the whole
electoral season; and, given the budget decisions that have to be made before
the new Congress convenes, there is no reason to believe that the dysfunction
will ramp up to full throttle before the end of the present day.
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