Well, t-heel, first of all I don't think you have been doing much laughin over the last couple of days and thats, if you want to think an insult, isn't meant to be one but...
...hey, one of the major reasons that so many of the Bush/Republican policies have failed is because they have been driven by a small circle of people with a small pool of ideas within Bush's inner circle...
Now what's wrong with that??? Lot's... I took a "creativitu" class about 35 years ago and one of ther things I learned from it is that the greater number of ideas/options that were considered the greater chance for a successsfull solution to a problem... The Dems have been completely left out of "the discussion" since 2000 and the Republican Congress since 9/11 has also... Yeah, McCain has done a little grandstandin' but has backed down to Bush twice now on torture but other than that Bush (and his little circle) have made policy...
Now if I am a CEO and my company is losing $$$ I want ideas and not yes-men...
Do the Dems have answers to all the problems confrontin' the country??? No, they don't... But it is obvious that Bush doesn't either, but...
...as I learned in the creativity class that maybe with a larger pool of ideas the US will be better off...
Okay, tarman, seein' as you live in North Carolina, let me put it in a manner that maybe you will better understand: NASCAR!!!
That's right, NASCAR... You take the #28 car and let it run around the Cahrlotte track and it runs 187mph... You take the #9 car and it also runs 187mph... You with me so far??? Now you take both these cars and let 'um run together an' guess what??? They run 194mph together because the lead car has less drag on the back of it and the trailing car has less air to move on the front...
This purdy much is why Bush has failed and what the Dems can bring to the table..