Change in 2008

Change, the most popular word of 2008, made famous by President-elect Barack Obama.

Change is the symbolization for the transition in power - from current President Bush to the next. Change is what this country is apparently looking for. And change is what this country will indeed have. The only question this blogger continues to ask is what kind of change it will be?

Because I may or may not disagree with the actions of the current administration does that mean I just accept the ones of the next? Do we give the 44^th president a free pass because he represents change, because he isn’t Bush? No.

Change isn’t a word created in 2007 or 2008. It’s always come from every political party, with each candidate being an agent of change. But again, what kind of change is it? Will it be for better, or for worse? A new chapter is starting in America’s history and it started with change in 2008.

Chambliss is Still the Man for the Job

To the Democratic Party, a good number of Georgia voters had one thing to say, “Whoa there not so fast!” On Dec. 2 Georgia voters helped keep Sen. Saxby Chambliss hold his seat in U.S. senate, thwarting Democrats' hopes of winning a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority.

The run-off election comes after neither Chambliss nor his Democratic opponent Jim Martin was able to take the seat in the General Election. While Barack Obama went on to win the presidency, Martin wasn’t able to get Obama voters in large enough numbers to overcome the Republican advantage. As Fox News put it Conservatives, who had been upset with Chambliss, were “fearful of unchecked Democratic dominance”.

But with every politician who gets a second term, we can only pray that Chambliss is still the man for the job.