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Voters agree on one thing: They’re not happy

31 Oct 2010 - Preaching the News for Sunday

In this Sunday’s gospel Zacchaeus went to great lengths--or should we say “heights”?--to catch a glimpse of Jesus. He had heard the buzz but wanted to make up his own mind. One-third of U.S. voters still are up in the air concerning their voting decisions as the midterm election cycle enters its final week. But one thing they seem to agree on—they are not happy. Indecision remains despite record political spending and months of frenzied campaigning. Even many of those who favor a candidate say they could change their mind, according to an Associated Press-GfK Poll. One thing that is not likely to change, however, is the level of their anger and frustration. Pollsters say the anger is directed at Washington, at politicians, at President Barack Obama and the policies he has put in place, at the explosion of government spending, and at the rising debt. There is anger especially at the nonstop partisanship and bickering between the two parties. Along with the anger, though, voters express fear, worry, nervousness, disappointment, anxiety, and disillusionment. Voters are consumed not only by the immediacy of the economic distress that has hit virtually every household in the nation but also by fears that it might take years for everyone, from the average family to the federal government, to climb out of the hole created by the worst recession since the Great Depression. While the reading from the Book of Wisdom says God rebukes “little by little” with warnings and reminders, Democrats, as the party in power at a time of this unprecedented national malaise, are expected to receive a sharp rebuke at the polls next week. Republicans and “tea party” enthusiasts are poised to reap the benefits of the enormous dissatisfaction with the status quo. But the winners should take little comfort from the results, pollsters say. Polls indicate that dissatisfaction with Republicans is even greater than with Democrats, and voters have conflicted expectations about what should happen in Washington over the next year years. “The mood is a combination of frustration and fear and desperation and down,” said Peter Hart, a Democratic pollster who jointly oversees the NBC News-Wall Street Journal Poll. Source: Articles by Dan Balz for the Washington Post and Alan Fram for Associated Press

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GOP makes grand gains, but will bipartisanship prevail?

07 Nov 2010 - Preaching the News for Sunday

This Sunday’s gospel focuses on questions surrounding the resurrection of the dead. Two years after many pundits questioned whether the Republican Party would survive their 2008 drubbing, the GOP came roaring back to life in midterm elections with major victories on both the federal and state levels. Democrats managed to retain a slim majority in the U.S. Senate and eked out victories in a few bellwether races. Republicans captured control of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday as a result of a nearly unprecedented 60-seat shift in power, and they expanded their voice in the Senate. They rode a wave of voter discontent as they dealt a setback to President Barack Obama only two years after his triumphal victory. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the House Democratic leader, narrowly prevailed in his key race, and his party hung onto control of the Senate by winning hard-fought contests in California, Delaware, Connecticut, Colorado, and West Virginia. Republicans picked up at least six Democratic seats, including the Illinois seat formerly held by the president. Several “tea party” favorites won, including Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky, two candidates who were initially shunned by the establishment. “The American people’s voice was heard at the ballot box,” said Rep. John A. Boehner of Ohio, who is positioned to become the next Speaker of the House (and the first Catholic Speaker from his party). “We have real work to do, and this is not the time for celebration.” The most expensive midterm election campaign in the nation’s history, fueled by a raft of contributions from outside interest groups and millions in anonymous donations to candidates, played out across a wide battleground that stretched from Alaska to Maine. Republicans also took control of governors' mansions across the country Tuesday, flipping at least a half-dozen states that had been governed by Democrats. The new crop of Republican governors aims to flex political muscle in the 2012 presidential race. “Attend to my outcry,” pleads the psalmist this Sunday, “incline your ear to me; hear my word.” The question now is, will the partisan political bickering of recent years give way to true bipartisanship or will we see more of the same in Washington, leading to further gridlock? After acknowledging that election results amounted to a "shellacking,” President Obama on Wednesday sought to tread a careful line, suggesting he would cooperate with Republicans where it was possible and confront them when it was not. "No one party will be able to dictate where we go from here," he said, a clear warning to Republicans that he won't simply bow to their demands for a sharply conservative switch in economic policy. With his comments Obama largely followed the lead of Republican leaders who said earlier in the day they were willing to work with Democrats--within limits. After a bitter campaign season, can a weary electorate, in the words of 2 Thessalonians, still have "good hopes"? Source: Articles by Jeff Zeleny and Peter Baker for the New York Times, Julie Pace and Scott Sonner for the Associated Press, Ronald Brownstein for NationalJournal.com, Stephanie Simon for the Wall Street Journal, and Marian Wang for Propublica.org

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17 November 2024

Presider’s Chair

\'pri-sīd-ərs 'cher\

Also known as the presidential chair, the seat in a parish church from which the celebrant leads the assembly during Mass. Its meaning derives from the chair, or cathedra in Latin, from which the diocesan bishop presides (from Latin meaning “to protect” or literally “to sit before”). The chair is a liturgical symbol of authority and pastoral leadership.

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