>All the same, after two years, the polls show Obama is no more
>unpopular than was Clinton in 1994. By 1996 Clinton had
>outmaneuvered the Republican leadership and won reelection in 1996.
>Today the economic situation is far worse than it was in 1994. No
>effective political and economic strategy for recovery is on the
>cards in the current atmosphere. As always, these days in America,
>our last best friend will be gridlock.
>
He must have taken out a patent:
http://www.counterpunch.org/gridlock.html
>First a word about gridlock. We like it. No bold initiatives, like
>privatizing Social Security or shoving through vouchers. No
>ultra-right-wingers making it onto the Supreme Court. Ah, you
>protest, but what about the bold plans that a Democratic-controlled
>Congress and Gore would have pushed through? Relax. There were no
>such plans. These days gridlock is the best we can hope for.