With tomorrow being thanksgiving the Democratic Party has a lot to be thankful for this year. President Elect Obama is working hard to develop a new administration to run this country and achieve the change he promised. I hope he wins his fight with the secret service so that he can keep his blackberry. We want a president who stays connected to the real world of Main Street.
Our state will be facing change as well. We wish Governor Bill Richardson and his family all of the success and luck so that he will end up in Washington this next year. It would not be bad to see a woman governor in the next year as well. Let’s hope that Diane Denish can show this state that women can and will put women’s issues and family issues before politics as usual. Just maybe she would be willing to create an environment where education could have smart reform. I know that my college is facing possible cuts of 3.8 million this year and 5 million in cuts next year for which I am sure that the current college administration will not be looking to make those cuts at the top but will only harm the people who work directly with the students since they don’t feel the need to have us around to run this college. Someone should give them a reality check before they do lasting harm to this institution. It will be interesting to see just how thankful we are in the coming year.
Still our state as a whole is doing better with a completely democratic federal representation. We can be thankful that we have two democratic senators and three democratic congressmen that will be taking office early next year. These men will bring a large number of green jobs to our state in the near future. Our labs will receive funding to develop new green technology. All of these developments should help the state in general to provide jobs for the coming years and help in protecting our environment.
Lastly we can be thankful that more of our troops should be coming home to spend time with family next year when thanksgiving comes around. These men and women have represented our country honorably and deserve to come home now to a hero's welcome.
