The Georgia runoff election which will decide the identity of their two U.S. Senators concludes today, with early voting happening since mid-December. Given the current narrow GOP edge in senate seats, this election will also decide which party has a majority in the Senate.
What’s at stake? If Republicans continue to have a Senate majority, they will be able to block most Democrat-issue legislation, leaving us with the proverbial gridlock. Government will be funded with so-called continuing resolutions, but new initiatives of any sort will go nowhere. And few nominated judges will be confirmed. From a Republican perspective, given a Democrat in the White House, this is the best we can hope for - basically damage-control.
If the Democrats win both GA seats, expect their razor-thin majority to pass a variety of laws and confirm leftist judges. It is under these conditions we will get to experience the actual Joe Asterisk agenda, presupposing such a thing actually exists.
In some ways, what happens today in Georgia is more important than what happened in early November nationwide. By this time tomorrow, we should have some idea of where the next two years will take us as a nation. We are likely to survive either outcome, but most people who follow politics have a clear preference.
