well what now?

I wonder how bloggers and news junkies where able to survive watching the non-stop coverage of the squashing of the impeachment complaint against the President, (I recall having tuned out on 9/11 coverage at a ungodly hour) but it is interesting to note that in the run up to the junking, most of us already knew that the result was already pre-ordained. The events of 5-6 September was to my mind, merely theatrics in our political circus. The question is, what next? Already there is the Black and White Movement with a myriad of faces that, I'm hard pressed to believe would come together. This isn't 2001, wherein those that coalesced against Erap seemed identifiably the Middle Class, NGO and reformist types. We've got Cory, Susan Roces linking arms with Bro. Eddie and Ping Lacson, is something I thought I would never see.

Will this Black and White Movement suceed in pressing for GMA's ouster? In the short term, this seems unlikely. One must note that the Opposition went the impeachment route when the protest route didn't really muster enough people, or just basically turned off some sectors (recall the Ayala Avenue rally, that seemed to frighten people with the mass of unsavory characters). I've read something to the effect that a challenge will be brought to the Supreme Court. Hmm..., methinks the opposition should be really certain that they have an argument which won't just be summarily dismissed by the Court.

One thing is for certain, they've got to do something very dramatic, otherwise, this time next year, no one may be listening to them at all.