Legal Commentary

Change Who Can Believe In?

It seems to me that if Obama is elected change (or should that be Change!) will consist entirely of replacing Republicans with Democrats. There?s nothing wrong with that, and if you?re a Democrat that?s probably all you want. But there?s nothing in Obama?s past (insofar as he has a past), in his campaign to date, or in his programatic acceptance speech to suggest there will be anything new or different about the nature of the Democratic agenda he will pursue.

McCain, especially with his selection of Palin, promises something completely different. If he is elected I think there?s a good chance radical and fundamental change will come ... to the Republican Party. The most distinctive thing about McCain?s career is his willingness, even eagerness, to butt heads with his party, over issues large and small. And in Alaska Palin made her reputation, and no doubt endeared herself to McCain in the process, by rooting out Republican corruption and remaking the party.

Electing Obama/Biden will produce more of the same old partisan gridlock, with the only ?change? being who?s in and who?s out. Electing McCain/Palin will reconstruct the GOP and reconfigure the partisan landscape.

Now that?s change you can believe in, whether you like it or not.

Full post as published by Discriminations on September 01, 2008 (boomark / email).