10.24.2004
In This Climate, Victory's No Picnic, Either (NYTimes.com)
By ROBIN TONER
Published: October 24, 2004
The long and bitter presidential campaign will (it is widely and devoutly hoped) be over in nine days. One man will win, and the voters will be rewarded with either George W. Bush's 'ownership society,' with sweeping change in Social Security and an overhaul of the tax system, or John Kerry's 'stronger America,' with a huge new health program and other assistance for the strained middle class.
Right?
Actually, probably not.
Theoretically, it could work that way, with a bitter campaign producing a robust mandate, functional control of the government for one party and a season of legislative accomplishment. But not many in Washington expect it to happen this time.
(More ... The New York Times > Week in Review > In This Climate, Victory's No Picnic, Either) ¶ 11:52
Published: October 24, 2004
The long and bitter presidential campaign will (it is widely and devoutly hoped) be over in nine days. One man will win, and the voters will be rewarded with either George W. Bush's 'ownership society,' with sweeping change in Social Security and an overhaul of the tax system, or John Kerry's 'stronger America,' with a huge new health program and other assistance for the strained middle class.
Right?
Actually, probably not.
Theoretically, it could work that way, with a bitter campaign producing a robust mandate, functional control of the government for one party and a season of legislative accomplishment. But not many in Washington expect it to happen this time.
(More ... The New York Times > Week in Review > In This Climate, Victory's No Picnic, Either) ¶ 11:52
