Election Aftermath
| Published 11/12/04

Graphic by: Allen Blickle

The election went off without any serious hitches. However, the debate over policy and the future direction of the United States are still highly contested. President Bush's future plans include tax reform, further social security reform and various judicial nominations.

Both former presidential candidate Senator John Kerry and President Bush have vowed to pursue an end to the deep divisive sentiment of the American people. Despite the touchy feely words of both parties, the GOP's newly widened majority is likely to push issues like the constitutional amendment regarding marriage, flat tax proposals, and judiciary nominees.

With ailing Supreme Court Justices Rehnquist, O'Connor, Ginsburg and aging justice Stevens are all likely to leave the court in the near future. These open seats provide for one of the biggest periods of change in the history of the court. Cases regarding abortion, affirmative action, the line item veto, and other such controversial topics are likely to be challenged in the next four years. With a large majority in both houses of Congress, the President is more likely to have his nominees passed.

No matter what happens in 2008, the President and the GOP received mandates last Tuesday reflecting the wishes of the American people and the direction in which the want to see their country progress.