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¶ … American citizenry elects a Democrat as President in the 2008 elections, then what will be some of the changes evidenced shortly thereafter, due to those results?" Understanding the fact that politicians make promises during their campaign(s) and that they will, for the most part, at least attempt to keep some of those promises leads to the conclusion that there will indeed be changes in a number of areas if a Democrat is elected. Hillary Clinton knows that some of those changes will be made but that others will be impossible. She recently said, "The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible" (Clinton, 2006). She is cognizant of the fact that she is making promises she will probably never be able to fulfill.
The differences, however, between the approaches to government offered by both parties (Democrat and Republican) are as glaring as they are divergent. The Republicans believes in lower taxes, a right to life policy and a preemptive policy in regards to war. The Democrats, on the other hand, believe in strong social programs, a woman's right to choose in regard to abortions, and "affordable health care for all Americans" (Democratic, 2007).
Based on these three differences the question of what changes will be evident are clear. One recent article touted, "There is hardly an area of their budgets -- on either the revenue or the spending side -- that will not be adversely affected by upcoming decisions in Washington" (Greenblatt, 2005, p. 26). Most of the Democrats running for President have already said they would roll back President Bush's tax cuts.
Along with tax cuts, most also said they would keep abortion legal, and would attempt to bring the troops home from Iraq.as quickly as possible. These are three fairly substantive changes in the current policy, and there are numerous others that would also become evident over the length of a four-year Presidency.
Works Cited
Clinton, H, (2006) Hillary Clinton quotes, ThinkExist.com, at http://en.thinkexist.com/quotation/the_challenge_is_to_practice_politics_as_the_art/209228.html, Accessed December 29, 2007
Democratic Party (2007) the Democratic Vision, http://www.democrats.org/a/party/stand.html, Accessed December 29, 2007
Greenblatt, a., (2005) the Washington offensive, Governing, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 26-29
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