As I feverishly crawl the web to stay on top of the election, all my reading raises some questions to which I KNOW people have answers, but I can't find them. So I thought I'd write them up!
Answer my questions, post links, or add your own questions in the comments!
Questions on the flip...
- If he wins, why would Obama invite Republicans into his cabinet? Seriously--as the country swings more towards the Democratic Party, the remaining rethug dead-enders are really the dregs. How would such a move benefit the country, the administration, the party?
- Bush is busy trashing the country as he prepares to leave the White House. Witness all the crappy regulations he plans to excrete in the last months. Now, he needs to do this in time to allow the regs to take full effect, I read. Is that intended to allow a comment period, or review? If so, how can we organize to block those regs?
- If he wins, what might motivate/enable Obama to ensure full investigation of Bush admin war crimes, crimes against humanity, illegal wiretapping, and other crimes? How can we organize to impact that?
- Bush can pardon anybody for anything, except 'in cases of impeachment'. Does that mean he's stopped from pardoning anybody who is impeached, or does it mean he loses his power of pardon if HE is impeached? If the latter, can we motivate Pelosi to impeach him on Nov 5? No need to bring this to a Senate trial--just impeach Bush.
- So the country thinks, 59%-37%, that Palin is a bad joke that's 'weighing down' the rethug ticket. I wonder what that's doing to her approval ratings as Governor?
- Rethugs are in disarray, and as a partisan Democrat, I'm hugging myself with glee at the thought of President Obama, expanded congressional majorities, and Sarah Palin as the head of the RNC. Or would someone else be the ideal RNC head? Dobson?
- If elected, will Obama influence Faux News out of the wingnut corner, or will he freeze them out like he did early in the campaign?