You Know, While I'm Happy That The Republicans Are Embroiled In Scandal... [View All]

In politics, timing is everything, and I can't help but wish that all these scandals had broken either a year earlier or a year from now.

Having the GOP tied up in this mess they're currently in now, in 2005, really does nothing to help us. Its in-between elections. We're 3 years from a presidential election, 1 year from congressional elections. The timing couldn't be better for the GOP.

If any political party had to endure scandals, now is the perfect time for them to do it and get them over with.

I don't know how many more scandals there are, but I'm sure there's at least a few more. But if they come out too soon it might give them enough time to craft a strategy and bounce back from them.

A whole year is a long time in politics. About this time last year we were getting set for the presidential debates. Remember those? It seems like an eternity ago.

So while I'm happy the GOP appears to be cracking, there's still plenty of time to patch up the cracks. So, I'm not going to be overly giddy about the prospects of a Dem revolution come 2006 unless we, as a party, get our act together and keep the pressure on.

Americans have a very short memory and even shorter attention span. What's happening now could very well be forgotten in six months, let alone 13.