For as long as I’ve been blogging — it’s still only been five years. <\/p>\n
That’s one less year than this Administration. During my entire time at this site, the GOP have owned the White House, and both sides of the Capitol Building.<\/p>\n
There have been times I’ve been more on the White House side of things (leading up to the War in Iraq), and (more) times I’ve been against. But it’s always been in a backdrop of GOP Majority, Democrat Minority.<\/p>\n
Now, all of a sudden — the Dems have the House, and are one seat (probably not resolved until next month) from the Senate.<\/p>\n
It’s a whole new ballgame.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For as long as I’ve been blogging — it’s still only been five years. That’s one less year than this Administration. 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