In This Dimension

Can the GOP follow through?

[This post was written in the Fall of 2006; prior to the 2006 election]

Whether or not one admires the policies of our current President or GOP-led Congress, the question of follow-through grows with every new policy proposal. Lack of follow-through in the previous GOP administration helped ensure its single term. Lack of follow-through now may turn the Congress over to the Democrats this Fall, and the Presidency to them in 2008. 2,500 miles away in Sacramento the same question exists regarding a star GOP governor. Is it systemic?

The GOP was voted into power in 1994 largely on a promise to[…]