Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Ship of State Turns Slowly

In other words, no matter how popular you are, don't rock the boat too much.

There is a place for change as society changes, but our government has been so stable because nothing moves too quickly. That is a frustrating truth to most of us, because we want instantaneous results. But our founders showed their brilliance by establishing this kind of structure for governing our nation.

The election of a Republican, even a moderate one, would be impossible in Democratic Massachusetts if the Obama administration had not tried to turn the Ship of State too radically.

That is the lesson of yesterday's election.

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