Now how will the Democrats capitalize on this...

[Gato_Solo]

The head of a major Hispanic advocacy group criticized the Bush administration Tuesday, saying it has neglected issues important to the nation’s largest minority group.

“He came into office raising a lot of expectations, with a lot of promises,” Raul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza, said in a teleconference with reporters. “Since then, it seems as though the ultra right wing has taken over. He hasn’t respected our vote.”
Yzaguirre said there is a gap between “the enormous amount of money spent by President Bush to get our vote, to do some very sophisticated ads, to do the photo ops,” and actual policies he has enacted that are meaningful to Hispanics.
While Democrats have also received Hispanic votes without delivering much change, “we can’t hold them accountable for things they can’t do because they’re not in the majority in either House, nor do they control the White House,” Yzaguirre said.
At NCLR’s annual conference last week, Yzaguirre said the tax cuts backed by the president were tilted toward the wealthy, excluding millions of Hispanic families. He also faulted the president for not providing enough funding for education and failing to come up with solutions for large numbers of Hispanics without health insurance, Yzaguirre said.
“The actual acts of this administration ... indicate this is not a compassionate administration,” Yzaguirre said Tuesday.

Funny thing is...once elected into office, nobody cares about minorities until the next election, when they flood the area with 'feel good' programs that make the voter forget the faults of their previous years...

 

[ris]

i'm sure the democrats will employ some feel good programs to highlight the inadequacies currently available.

and then not carry them through if elected.

 

[chcr]

i'm sure the democrats will employ some feel good programs to highlight the inadequacies currently available.

and then not carry them through if elected.

For a foreigner you have a very good grasp of American politics.

 

[Gato_Solo]

For a foreigner you have a very good grasp of American politics.

Except for royalty, our US system is almost an exact copy of the Parliamentary system used in the UK. Only the way they interact is truly different.

House of Lords.................Senate
House of Commons............House of Representatives
Prime Minister...................Speaker of the House *

*Could also be construed as President, but, then again, there is the royal family.

The best way to control the outrageous habits of an elected body is to limit the amount of time they can spend in office...ie term limits.

 

[ris]

depends if you really believe that the royalty have the powers assigned to them by state - if they actually tried to use them there would outcry so large the royal family would be out in minutes.

prime minister is close to the us president in position these days, especially the way blair has run it.

 

[chcr]

The best way to control the outrageous habits of an elected body is to limit the amount of time they can spend in office...ie term limits.

I think the best way to control their outageous habits is to vote their asses out, which we've done time and again. The real problem is that the replacements are not an improvement. I really don't have a workable answer for the problem, but I do think we need a "none of the above" choice on every ballot. It would certainly be very expensive, but perhaps in time they'd get the idea.

 

[Gonz]

"None of the Above" is a wonderful sentiment & would be used more often than not but somebody needs to fill the position, it's required to have representatives.

I like the idea as it was originally planned. Basically, everybody takes a turn at serving in the House, the best go onto the Senate & the real best become our Leader. (damn I love wet dreams)

 

[chcr]

"None of the Above" is a wonderful sentiment & would be used more often than not but somebody needs to fill the position, it's required to have representatives.

I agree, Gonz. How many null elections would it take for them to realize we don't agree with their choices? Six minimum at a guess.

 

[Inkara1]

Yeah, term limits have worked real well in California.