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Originally Posted by Phang
Why could you possibly care about the policies of a President you're voting in solely to be ineffectual?
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That's not really it, I was being a bit glib. It's just that people don't want politcians to have unlimited powers, and having a congress / president with different political colours is a useful way of doing this.
Imagine on the ballot papaer it said :
Bush - With Loads of Power
Bush - With a Moderate Amount of Power
Kerry - WIth Loads of Power
Kerry - With a Moderate Amount of Power
Which would you tick? Do you really like John Kerry that much?
edit : Also, John Kerry running as representing "the party that doesn't control Congress" might hurt the Democrat's trying to make gains in Congress, heh.