- Very little progress, if any, will be made in the next two years. It will take one more election cycle to posture our government for getting positive things accomplished. Not until after the Democrats take over the Executive branch of government will this dark cloud be lifted.
- Bush's agenda for the remaining two years of his presidency will be mixed. Anything he can do (i.e. get away with) that doesn't require Congressional approval, he'll move forward with. At the same time, if he can bully Congress into approval, he'll do that too. You can see that's already happened with all of the Democrats except Russ Feingold vowing to continue funding the troops already in the theatre. God forbid they get demonized with the tag of not supporting the troops. Any of Bush's new agenda items will not make it through Congress. THIS Congress will not rubberstamp Cheney's big-business giveaways.
- The Democrat's agenda will go nowhere. While Bush is in office he'll veto anything the Democrats send across his desk if it doesn't jive with HIS agenda. They don't have enough votes to override a veto, so there will be tons of significant legislation that will have to wait. I'm holding out hope for stem-cell research and minimum wage which might have veto-proof support.
- A major incident will take place that the Bush Administration will pin on Iran (true or not) and then they'll extend the Middle East conflict in that direction. All signs are pointing to Bush wanting to attack Iran, as they've goaded them repeatedly with threats, kidnapping (i.e. detaining) their nationals, and economic sanctions. As long as Bush is in office, things can only get worse.