Divided We Fail?

This is a very angst-ridden article about the upcoming election. It ends by saying that if elections go as expected, and there is a Republican majority we should all; “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” Paul Krugman describes that dissimilar from the circumstances in the late 1990’s, the current state of economy makes bipartisan efforts in government even harder. And that with Republicans control, the much-needed policy to dig us out of our “economic trap” won’t be possible. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell states that, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” It seems that our system of “checks and balances” has come to an unfortunate extreme in recent times. The initial goal of preventing one overarching power between the three branches has been distorted by Republican and Democratic power. If Republicans come to win both the House and the Senate, people, like Paul Krugman, predict that the division among the Democratic and Republican parties will prevent a unified governmental body from working towards what is in the best interest of our country. I sincerely hope that Mr. Krugman’s predictions do not become reality in the days to come.