Jim Watson

Spending the day running around our capital often makes me wonder how we manage to get anything done regarding “the work of the people.”  “Democracy is messy” and more often than we can predict, stuff happens!  I visited D.C. this week after the health care bill passed, and it allowed me to see how fast moods change on both sides of the aisle.

Republicans like Senator Hatch used the word bipartisan multiple times as if to say, “We now have to work together on Financial Reform (instead of voting no),” and Speaker Pelosi was jubilant in victory and quoted, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” from the Declaration of Independence in our meeting to point out how important she felt health care reform is to the country. (more…)