Since Congress controls what legislation gets passed, are all the plans only posturing?

Different visions are being articulated. Will congress be the deal breaker whom ever gets elected?

"Only half (49%) believe that the current Congress is better than individuals selected at random from the phone book" , with that perspective how can anyone believe that either vision will be acted on?Since Congress controls what legislation gets passed, are all the plans only posturing?
Yes.



And Thank you. 99% of the country's issues are solved before they get to the president's desk for signing. the president is a figure head and sets general tone for policy. He does not run the country like people think.
The president can veto anything that comes out, and unless you have a 75% majority you're screwed. To control congress by 51% is almost meaningless.Since Congress controls what legislation gets passed, are all the plans only posturing?
Cosider this:



If you don't like certain policies or attributes of McCain or Palin, they won't be able to implement many of those policies, anyway, b/c both houses of Congress are already Democratic and are projected to be more so (veto proof, and even filibuster-proof). McCain is a moderate with a known record who's pandering toward the right to get conservative votes.



If you don't like certain policies or attributes of Obama or Biden, you're out of luck b/c, if elected, Obama and his party will control ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOV'T with NO checks and balances. No vetoes. No filibusters. No compromise. Just passing through whatever legislation he sees fit. Obama was voted the most liberal Senator in Congress and is pandering toward the middle to get votes.



So, when voting for the lesser of two evils, consider who can do the most damage to us. Obama clearly is that person b/c of no checks and balances. McCain's damage will be greatly limited by his Democratic opponents who dominate both houses of Congress (i.e. checks and balances).



Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. McCain is more moderate and would not have absolute power. Obama is extreme left and WOULD have absolute power.



I'm not a Republican. I'm an independent who's been around long enough to know that government and most politicians are inherently corrupt. None of them will expand our freedoms. We need to limit the damage they can do to our freedoms. The only way to limit that in this election is to vote for McCain (for whom I did NOT vote in the primaries, and about whom I'm not too crazy, but I'm reduced to voting for him now).



Vote smart!!!



You WANT checks and balances. They're what protect our freedoms and prevent tyranny and oppression. There's a reason our gov't was designed this way, and it was NOT for one party to gain control over everything so they can just pass whatever they want. They're supposed to be forced to compromise to prevent extremes and corruption. The first 6 years of GWB were unilaterally controlled by Republicans. An Obama presidency would yield a gov't unilaterally controlled by Democrats.



Equally as corrupt, just in the opposite direction.
Leadership from the president can make a difference.Since Congress controls what legislation gets passed, are all the plans only posturing?
If Obama gets to be president, they will railroad everything through Congress. That is why Obama said that it would be much easier.

Currently, our Democratic Congress has a less than 9 percent approval rating....and that is without counting my vote.
I suspect that the next President will have so many problems to deal with, neither will be able to implement his plans. There won't be any money for utopian schemes like national health care. Both candidates will give us Amnesty for illegal aliens, the border will remain the joke it has always been. If oil gets below $70/barrel Russia or someone in the middle east will make trouble to spread fear to get the price up.



Lots of problems coming. The $700Billion bailout won't fix anything and in a few months we'll hear that it'll take another $700Billion to stave off disaster.



It appears that Congress will be mostly reelected, as usual. I don't expect any significant "change" one way or the other. Well, except more Socialism. But that's not change, that's been the trend since FDR.