>Yes, the Republican Form of Democracy will prevail. Our elected officials may do as they please and not have to worry about being appreciated by the public until election time comes up. Then the officials will promise anything to get re-elected and we get to start all over again.

If voters forget and only listen to the promises that were made lately, who is responsible? In my opinion, the voters.

Which leads me back to Iraq :-). Everyone forgets the past 12 years of ignoring UN resolutions and hampering the UN inspectors. Everyone focuses on today, where Iraq has promised to destroy their missiles. They say, "See, he really wants to cooperate!"

>What amazes me is how quickly the voters forget little things at election time like the economy and accomplishments. It does not matter which party is in office. This is just a feature of our form of democracy as well as our history.
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>Things have to get really bad before the voters react, which has occured. An example: Ford vs Carter. Both are truthful and honorable men. Ford was hurt because of Nixon and no republican could win that election year. Carter should not have been elected president which I say after the fact. He has helped many people in the world since he was president.