Can Any Party Really Last?

Everyone and their mother is blogging about the Massachusetts election yesterday. But I thought this short piece about whether any national party can "re-align" and stay in power for years and years in this technologically driven world was very interesting.

We expect immediate results, we want government to fix things, and from my perspective there has been very little collective self reflection on how banks and Wall Street found the openings to prey on us. It's not like we kept the doors closed....

That said, the apparent anger which motivated many Massachusetts voters seems in line with seeking immediate results.

And while jobs, jobs, jobs should be the government's key objective, remember what is lost in all the hub-bub about health care is that if we can spend less (as a nation) on health care, we can spend more on infrastructure, buying cheap TVs, and granite countertops for our kitchens...