Security

Expect the Democratic Administration to pursue with great vigor a foreign policy of appeasement and conciliation. Our troops will be withdrawn from the current hot spots, and in similar fashion to #3 above they will go beyond that to recall troops from even more overseas locations, as well. They’ll be rallying to the cry to “bring our boys home”, which will be the setup for the next item. The added benefit to this policy is that it will free up some dollars that had been going to the Defense Dept. so that they can be more “productively” spent through the various entitlement programs, otherwise known as voter snares.
With America taking deliberate steps to disengage from any appearance of hostile intent with respect to anything having to do with Islam, the radical element of that culture will begin the plotting necessary to bring down a rain of terror on the US and Israel. This will be evidenced by a period, probably less than a year, of apparent peace. This will be the time they take to lull us into a false security and to establish their own readiness for what follows. It might take longer, if the US is slowed down in extracting itself from the Middle East. I don’t believe they will want to start something while US troops are still in the field.
Terror strikes against both the US and Israel will follow. I expect that the damage in Israel will be kept within limits, since I don’t believe there is any illusion in the rational Islamic mind about Israel’s willingness to use any means necessary to protect itself. The key word is rational. If irrational Islamic radicals start to move against Israel I think we could easily transition into a situation that would potentially be a fulfillment of the events of Ezekiel 38.
I expect the terrorists will place fewer limits upon what can be done against the American people and the homeland. I think they will strike in a variety of ways, against populations and against our infrastructure. I believe they will attempt to disrupt our commerce and our communications. Chaos in America will free them for action around the world. I also think they will strike against Europe and foment Islamic rebellion in those countries. The “sophisticated” European disdain for America’s “cowboy diplomacy” will not save them from the terror.
The clueless Democrats will blame the initial terrorist attacks on Bush, on his policies and actions that have caused fear and loathing to rise in the hearts of otherwise peace-loving Islamists. I don’t know how many thousands of Americans will have to die before it starts to dawn on even the Democrats that those people really do hate us and they want to kill us.

Civil Liberties

Although the Democrats have made little noises about the erosion of “liberties” that come as a consequence of the legislation passed to create Homeland Security, and all that entails, the truth of the matter is that they absolutely love the new controls this will give them over the population. Expect to see even greater abuses of power over the sovereignty of the people under the Democrats. The irony will be that they can use the excuse, conveniently provided by the bumbling Republicans, that they are being “strong for America”. The only departure in this arena will be the opening of our borders, as a sign that we are loving and caring and would never want to offend anyone by shutting them out.

Taxes

Hold on to your wallets, taxes will not be going down. At least, not for the “rich”. And according to a Democrat, you’re rich if you don’t have your hand out begging for something from the government. As far as they are concerned, if you don’t need them, then they do need you (to pay taxes, that is).

The decline of the Right

There will be a determined effort to undermine the influence of the conservative Right in America. I believe the main thrust in this area will be in education. As we saw in a recent Truth Project lesson, if you can control the past (by teaching them only what you want them to know), then you can control the future. Expect to see more efforts to marginalize home-schooling, either by attaching onerous regulations to it, or by making it harder to obtain credit for having been home-schooled. I expect that all educational alternatives to the NEA-sponsored public education system will become harder and harder to maintain.

Dems in control

The Democratic candidate for President will win the election in 2008, by a landslide margin in the Electoral College. I would not be surprised if the Republican candidate gets fewer than 50 electoral votes.
The Democratic majority in both the House and Senate will be even larger after the 2008 elections.
The Democrats will take advantage of their legislative primacy by enacting a wide variety of legislation, all in a reaction to their pent up frustration with the “lack of progress” in making social advances due to the Republican obstructions of the Bush years. Due to the reactionary element behind this legislative push, much of the legislation will be quite a bit further left-of-center than we might usually expect from mainline legislation. They will succeed in this effort,
because they can,
the Republican party will be fractured, ineffective and still in a daze by the sheer enormity of their electoral losses,and because they are in control of, and masters of the effective use of the spin machine.