The next president has three masts missing from the ship of state. Scuttling the ship may be the only option, but there is no landfall in site and the seas roil under gale forces still gathering.
The typical fix, for thirty years has been to cut taxes or drop bombs. Both were used by republican forces. Both boxes of quick fix have been emptied. The cupboard is bare.

Dropping bombs is so much easier than anything else in our kitchen. Scramble the forces of destruction and poof instant answer. Civil structures torn apart. Dams, roads, factories, hell, even schools and houses can be so quickly destroyed. If only they could be built quickly. Not even Governor Palin’s Fictitious Gasline can be built quickly, nor soon. Even imaginary pipelines and bridges take time to conjure.

The next administration will not have time to complete any significant initiative in four years. Clearing the rubble will take longer, much longer, probably too long. I have a hunch that this next administration plays cleanup, but is gone after one term.