election recap
Yeah, last night wasn’t good for those of us who dress left. Statistically, though, this sort of power swing is what happens at this point in a President’s term (Reagan, both Bushes, etc). I don’t expect there to be much change in actual results; nothing much useful got done before, it’s unlikely much is going to get done now, if we’re completely honest with ourselves. The ACA isn’t going anywhere now that people have actually started taking advantage of it and liking the benefits they get. The backlog of executive appointments isn’t going to go any faster now that McConnell’s got the keys to the Senate. A few crazy folks might start saying the word “impeachment” a bit more, but nobody’s going to actually try anything, because there’s no case to be made for it. Don’t look for any sweeping changes anywhere; the most we’ll see is President Obama’s veto muscles getting exercised a little more often.
There’s not much to celebrate, from my perspective, but I did discover, in wonkette’s coverage of the Pennyslvania Governor’s race (which turned out exactly the way it should have), one of the more interesting linguistic treasures in recent memory: ex-PAt
Think about it. I’m totally adopting it immediately.
Anyway, welcome to the 2016 Presidential election season. The crazy’s just starting.
