Elections Predictions

I've tried staying away from politics but at election time this is hard to do. I don't know about you, but I am really disgusted with the TV and radio ads. They have almost convinced me that there is no one worthy to hold public office. I am appalled at how low they stoop and the lies they tell about their opponents. Having said that I have some predictions.

The evening of 9/11 I wrote a poem about how the aftermath would work out. At first Americans would be grieving, be indignant, demand justice, and would go to war. But once the body bags started coming home we would gradually change our minds until we would demand that our soldiers come home. The gist of that poem is that Americans are fickle. And even today we are still fickle.

When President Obama was elected most Americans had had enough of the Bush era. (Sorry Jeb, but you will never be president). So we elected a candidate that promised change. The problem is, we didn't know what change we wanted. So President Obama brought change on many fronts. Our national debt went up, jobs became more scarce, businesses went out of business, the cost of healthcare continues to go up.... and now Americans want change again. I have these following predictions:

1. Republicans will win both houses.

2. President Obama will veto most of their legislation.

3. Not much will get accomplished in the next two years.

4. Tea Party members will become even more distraught.

5. The Republican Party will diminish.

6. By the next general election the public will be fed up with the Republicans because they

could not accomplish much of anything.

7. Power will swing back to the Democrats

8. President Obama will get re-elected.

9. Democrats will regain the Senate.

10. Americans will still be looking for change (fickle).

How is that for predictions?