President Bush's re-election and the gains made by the Republican Party in the two houses of Congress (they now control the Senate with 55 of the 100 seats and the lower house with 231 seats out of 435) has made Washington, DC a bastion of American conservatism. Adding insult to injury the Democrat senate leader, Tom Daschle, was defeated, thus signing symbolically the absolute grip that the Republicans now have on American government.
The victory was comprehensive. It leaves those who reflect upon the nature of America and its future with a very profound and serious question. Are these results indicative of a fundamental change in American political culture or is it merely the consequence of transitory factors such as the war on terror, the manipulative skills of a Machiavellian geniusKarl Rove the political strategist behind the Bush campaignand a weak Democratic candidate?
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