Westchester View

Every two years we have an  election cycle in Washington – and every two years its the same-old, same-old. The constitution dictates that members of the house must stand for re-election every two years. So the 2010 house races involve all 435 seats.  Even In the United States Senate where the turnover is far from 100% – 37 seats are up for election and the majority in the Senate may hang in the balance.   Certainly the 2010 House of Representatives election cycle is bringing out the very worst that our nation’s politics has to dish out.

One of the most confusing issues to the public is the way each party points fingers and indulges in the “blame game.”  The Bush adminstration were masters at blaming Clinton for things that happened nearly eight years after Bush had taken office. After blaming Clinton for everything from the terrorist attack of 9/11 and most notably the financial melt-down of 2008 – which happened nearly 8 years after Clinton left office – I find it amazing to see them feigning innocence and taking no responsibility for the deepest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis that pushed us into this hole actually happened on Bush’s watch.

So expect no relief in the months ahead. Clarity of thought in politics is a contradiction in terms. By the time the election finally rolls around, if you aren’t totally confused – - then you are probably only listening to one side of the story a la MSNBC or FOX news.  The ability to get a sense of equilibrium and reality requires a requisite loyalty to one “news” channel  – and I use the word “news” loosely.  Most of today’s news is a cacoffiny of numerous one-sided versions of the same topic – with no common ground between any of them.