excellent analysis

[boysda]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articl...er_511661.html

[The Rev]

The voters will get a chance to speak again Nov 2nd. I'm leaning to believe the Democraps are going to get their @sses handed to them, and the Repubic-cans are going to be held accountable.

The best thing that has happened to this country in a long time is the Tea Party!

[vc1111]

Great read and it echoed some of the sentiments and responses expressed all over America from many demographics over the last 8 or 9 years or more.

It also outlines how our system, while not perfect, provides Americans with a way to get the pendulum swinging the other way when a given crew in Washington begins to lose sight of what they were elected to do.

Bush was a lousy communicator and his crew fumbled far too many times. The spending was not in keeping with the values of the people who elected him and his cast of characters and Iraq was pretty much a debacle, although that is only now becoming clear to many.

Obama? Well, I'm not sure he ever got the ball moving forward at all. The condemnation started with the process he chose to jam forward a package that was questionable, if not completely hidden from the American public. The deal-making require to pass the health care mess was in itself enough to shed any confidence he may have mustered from the teary-eyed masses who got that groovy feeling "up their legs" because he was the first black president. If he were truly a great leader, he could have been a contender for a slot as one of the all time greats. He certainly had hysterical emotional support after the election from the democrats and much of the media.

But...in the end, you need to be able to do more than read a good speech and "inspire" people to vote for you. A little substance would be nice too, eh?

Ironically, his inability to hear America is a far worse disability than Bush's communications problems ever were. In my opinion, history will lock him down as the most out of touch president ever.

[LBR]

The lesson for conservatives and Republicans is that they are about to win an election by default.

I agree with that statement--they are going to win big by default, just like the dems did when they took over. Will they learn a lesson the dems didn't? Time will tell...

[C. Davis]

Originally Posted by LBR

I agree with that statement--they are going to win big by default, just like the dems did when they took over. Will they learn a lesson the dems didn't? Time will tell...

I think it is a little different this time. The Tea Party movement, and the many of the rest of the country are watching their elected officials closer than I ever remember. The winners in this election better realize that they are expected to stop, and reverse the damage being done to the country. Even if there are not enough votes to override an Obama veto on health care repeal, they are expected to force Obama to veto it. Who know's, they may get some democrat's to come over on an override. In this climate anything may happen.

This is not like in times past when the new Republicans go to Washington, and try to get along and seek bi-partisanship. If the Republicans try that, it will only turn the stomachs of the people who sent them there. They better realize they are on probation, and if they don't do what is expected of them, they will be replaced the next time they run.

They beauty of what is happening right now, is that the money being contributed to the campaigns of these Tea Party candidates is coming straight from the American people. The money is bypassing the RNC altogether. It is greatly exceeding the amount of money the candidates would get from the RNC. The Republican party is the vehicle to which they people must run on. By sending the money directly to the candidates, it is forcing the party to conform. It is also giving the American people more control than they ever thought they had. That control was always there. It just took an Obama to stir it up, and hopefully that will be Obama's legacy.

C. Davis

[CalHunter]

I just read 3 great analyses--The article, VC's and C. Davis. All 3 were spot on.