The Important (Neglected) Elections

Lewis C. Miller

This year, as important as reclaiming the White House is to Democrats, it is of much greater importance for the future of the country that the party secures an expanded majority in both houses of Congress. In the 2006 midterm elections, frustrated Americans voted Democrats back into the majority of both houses for the first time in over a decade. However, that majority has unfortunately not been substantial enough to successfully address many issues of concern to Americans, arguably the two most prominent being the war in Iraq and the Bush economic policies favoring the super-wealthy.