With political defeat comes empathy

Maybe now the Democratic Party can empathize with the rest of us. As Republicans celebrate, as Democrats mourn the elections of 2002, third parties and independents shake our heads and say, "Same old, same old." For 140 years, the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated the American political landscape. Now, the Republicans have control of the White House and both houses of Congress. If they stick together for the next two years, the Republicans can run the tables, pass whatever legislation they please, hand out tax cuts regardless of how they effect the economy, invade whichever countries they deem expedient enemies and roll back environmental legislation to the early 1960s.