From here to November 2012

After last week's election, we can now look forward to the following facts:

1)  The Republicans will be tearing each other apart, fighting internally for control--and direction--of the Party.  However, that said, they will save their true venom, anger and vitriol at the President in specific and Democrats in general.  They will not do what the country needs, to better our situation in any way.  They will not do things in any attempt of any kind to increase jobs, particularly, so they can, as Mitch McConnell said, make sure this is a one-term President;

2)  The Tea Party will fight somewhat, internally, but not nearly as much as the Republicans, in their own attempts to advance their Party.  They will, however, cause great problems and issues for the Republican Party since the Republicans do not and cannot control the Tea Party and/or its members in any way.  The Tea Party will, then, cause problems for the Republicans;

3)  Sarah Palin, at least for the short term, if not for the entire two years from now until November 2012, rise in popularity as a Tea Party member and as, seemingly, the defacto head of the Tea Party movement.  This, too, will cause great problems for the Republicans;

4)  The Libertarians and Independents will be completely on the political sidelines and not much will be heard from them;

5)  The Democrats will thrash around, and continue to thrash around, looking for the "right thing" to do, not wanting to upset the Republican House, in particular, too much, all the while trying, at the same time, to create jobs for the country and do various and sundry other "good things" for us;

6)  President Obama will have more direction than the Democrats but not incredibly so.  He will "reach out" to the Republicans, in hopes to gain compromises, it won't happen, he will be blamed for it and/or he won't even get credit for any conciliatory movements toward the Right.  This could change somewhat, in his own and the Democrats favor, but it doesn't look as though it will change greatly.  President Obama and the Democrats won't be sure quite what to do---like get tough with the Republicans---and so they'll all, as I said, "thrash about" for solutions;

7)  Finally, the country, overall, will not advance, as it needs to, in its job creation in specific or in the improvement of the economy, overall, particularly because it is in the Republican's favor that we not improve our lot and they will be seeing to it they do nothing that will help the country in either the short- or long-term.  They will also deny that this is the case--that they don't want the country's situation to improve--all the while creating bills that will assist corporations but not "main street" or the "person on the street", the common man an woman, the working-class man and woman.

In short, don't look for good things to happen in the next two years for the country either politically or economically.

That's the sad, pitiful, frustrating truth of where we are.

God forbid we have another financial calamity between now and November 2012.  I'm strongly certain this government would not react wisely to it.