Promises, promises

I watched most of Senator Kerry's speech last night accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president.  Of what I saw, I neither liked nor disliked him.  He seems to still be trying to find his way as a speaker, which is surprising considering he's been a publicly elected official for better than 20 years.  I would say he falls in the middle, somewhere between the former president Bush and former president Clinton. This being said, I liked a lot of what he had to say.  Most of this, though, was about the economy. I will cut middle-class taxes. I will reduce the tax burden on small business. And I will roll back the tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals who make over $200,000 a year, so we can invest in job creation, health care and education. If, if, if . . . if he can do what he is promising.  It sounds great, but I wonder how he will be able to do this with a Republican Congress.