Lame Duck or Riding a Wave?

As I post this polls in the USA will be beginning to close on the most exciting mid-terms since the swing of 1994.

I personally believe the Republicans will carry both houses, but with reduced majorities. The Senate will be extremely close with my pick being 51-49, way too close to call, but I needed to put my numbers out there. As for the Congress, The Republicans by 4.

This would leave Bush with a workable majority even though a lot of his own Republican candidates have tried to distance themselves from him in recent campaigning, but if they carry both houses every single one of them will coming swinging back to him.If it happens that the Democrats take just one house then Bush will be hamstrung, but knowing Bush he will come out of his corner fighting. Sources close to him have been quoted as saying he will fight the democrats on every piece of legislation, and will take the fight all the way to the supreme court if thats what it takes.

A Lame-Duck President will struggle to continue his legislative agenda and it would be hard for him to push through any major policy decisions that would affect the nation. The only policy Bush is likely to have any success with is his harsh immigration stance as a large number of members of both parties agree with him and support stricter controls.

The Dominion Post seems to think it knows the future, "The Democrats have swept the republicans out of power in the Congess..." and they followed this by saying the senate race is way too close to call. Yet as I continue to read their article it states that as many as 60 congress seats are still too close to call.

The results should start coming in within a few hours and the outcome of the election will be known. After the Result, George W. Bush will either be riding a wave through his final two years or will be fighting a war harder to win than Iraq.