Commentary
We are less than two weeks from the midterm elections. Many Americans have high hopes that we will elect people who will lead us to a brighter future. My hopes are more modest. I just hope they don’t mess things up too much.
Am I being too pessimistic? I guess it all depends on what your particular expectations for Congress are. Our country faces complex issues and formidable challenges. What special qualifications will the 535 people we elect to the House and Senate have to solve those problems?
The members of the next Congress are bound to have a similar profile to that of the current Congress. Our elected representatives present a cross-section of American society. Members may be doctors, lawyers, military veterans, businesspersons, educators, etc. They may also include political opportunists who never made a mark in the private sector before discovering that they could make a lucrative living out of telling other people how unfair our country is and how they would be their Santa Claus….