COTW: The Midterm

This graphic from The Economist is self-explanatory. The midterm election results are a stinging defeat for the Current Occupant who made too many promises he could not or did not carry out in his one-and-a-half terms in office, and the right's deny (voting rights) and spend (campaigns) strategy proved effective:

US Person will take the opportunity to make a few predictions.  Money can still buy elections, it is just more expensive.  This midterm will probably be the most expensive in US history. Gridlock will continue in Washington since the Republicans do not control a filibuster-proof majority. The budget, containing one or more "poison pills", will provoke threats of another government shut down. The alphabet culture wars will continue to distract from any real progress on urgent issues. The stock market will continue to go up to the delight of the plutocrats who now own almost everything. Oh yeah, look for "boots on the ground" perhaps in Ukraine, as the world spirals into Cold War II: Revenge of the Neocons. So if you got it in Alaska, Oregon or DC, smoke it, and have a happy holidaze!

credit: Jeff Danzinger