The NYT ran a story today titled
With Promises of a Better-Run Congress, Democrats Take on Political Risks; excerpt and link below. In essence, Pelosi and company hope to revive "collegiality and civility" and not treat the (now) minority rethugs with the same disdain and lack of respect that DEMS were treated to during the rethug's dozen years abusing their power.
No retribution eh? Or are we simply swinging the pendulum the other direction?
Two wrongs do not make a right; though the DEMS came into power on a wave of disgust over just how arrogant and detached rethugs were from the general populace. Not to mention years of nasty legislation which hurt all but the corporate bigwigs and the elite class. So I weigh being the new role models of civility vs balancing the scales and aggressively enacting sweeping changes. That's aggressively folks; pushing our mandate because that mandate is exactly why we came into power the way we did in November.
I ask, do we owe the American people a Mr. nice guy Congress or do we come off the ropes like Rocky Balboa? :kick:
Think I prefer we come out swinging...
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From NYT
12/27/06
...Beyond the parliamentary issues, Democrats assuming control on Jan. 4 said they also wanted to revive collegiality and civility in an institution that has been poisoned by partisanship in recent years. In a gesture duly noted by Republicans, the incoming speaker of the House, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, offered Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, who is remaining in Congress, the use of prime office space in the Capitol out of respect for his position.
Mrs. Pelosi has consulted with the new Republican leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, in developing initiatives for the year, including a task force to explore independent enforcement of ethics rules. That was in sharp contrast to two years ago, when Republicans — who only grudgingly consulted Democrats — pushed through a set of diluted ethics rules that they were later forced to rescind. Democrats also supported a severance package for senior Republican aides, but the spending was blocked in the last hours of Congress by conservative Republicans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/us/politics/27civil.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin