We’re in the lull before the onset of the full brunt of the Constitutional crisis which the woebegone G. Walker administration’s machinations have set in motion. It is imperative that balance be restored among the three branches of the governement, but it will take all the fortitude which both the legislative and the judicial brances can muster and all the support which the public can provide to wrest power back from the administration’s detremination for unfettered despotism, to reinstate the American system put into place over 200 years ago.

President Bush is publicly claiming that he is ready to act in a bipartisan manner with respect to the new Democratic Congress, as if he has heard the message voters sent. But his olive branch to the Democratic Congressional Leadership strikes me as more like a fly-swatter, which he is waving about, hoping to keep them at bay as long as possible. I say that because, as of now, Cheney is busy passing the word to the troops that it will be full speed ahead, as if nothing happened in November. In the distance, I can already hear the Republican attack dogs howling, getting ready for the coming Congressional war.

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Since the election, Cheney has made it clear that he has no interest in cooperating with the Democrats. He told ABC News host George Stephanopoulos he would not testify if subpoenaed. In addition, he told members of the Federalist Society, gathered in Washington for their national convention, that notwithstanding the election results, nothing had changed: The President was going to stay the course in Iraq, and continue sending conservative judicial nominees to the Senate for confirmation.

Not only is Cheney necessarily a key player, if Congress to is understand what has transpired in the Bush Administration during its first six years, but this fact puts Cheney’s philosophy, not to mention his mission as Vice President, directly at odds with Congress’ undertaking its Constitutional responsibility.

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Rumblings on Capitol Hill suggest that Republicans may literally be “out of control” as the minority party. Many Republicans in Congress are upset that they will lose their perks, and they want to punish the Democrats for winning. In addition, the White House believes its conservative base wants it to make life difficult for the Democrat Congress, so they will assist in doing just that. Article