War Has Been Declared in Washington

The suspense of the mid-term elections is past. No more endless newscaster opinions on who will be elected and what it will mean—yeah!

The Republicans are pulsing with joy, convinced that they did it—they took Congress by storm. Indeed, it looks that way. Republicans increased in the House, took control of the Senate and turned three governors’ races red. It looks good and it feels good—until you smell the rat. To quote a Peanuts cartoon: “Not so fast, Charlie Brown!”

Look at the facts. With major voter illegalities in 2012, you have to know that election was thrown by the Progressives. Then why didn’t they throw this one? Not to dump cold water on the celebration, but is this a setup?

The real prize is the White House in 2016.

What will be the long-term result of these mid-terms? Easy: it will be gridlock in Washington. Nothing will get done and stalemate will be the name of the game. (There’s another possible outcome: if bad stuff gets passed it will spotlight the black hats in the Republican party. That would get interesting.)

When we were kids we played the game of Hot Potato—if you got the potato you had to get rid of it right away. The Democrats have had the potato—blamed for everything that did or didn’t happen. Now the Republicans get the hot potato. The blame will transfer to them and set the Dems up to star at the big party in 2016.  Blind to the political machinations, the nation’s undereducated voters will flock to the Democrats. Could that be the plan? I’ll bet it is.

Elections used to be about Americans. Now they are about political parties, with citizens and good government as casualties in the process. It’s no longer about Republicans and Democrats. Who can tell which is which? In a disillusioned world, who cares?  Are the Republican Progressives that different from the Democrat Progressives? Not much. The Dems run downhill faster, that’s all. Is it a stage play with the ending already scripted?

The key to the next two years will be new definitions. Progress will be measured by what is NOT done, not by what is. Forget about passing good laws; stopping bad ones is the name of the game. Standing still will take on the luster of success. Let’s get the word out: going nowhere is the new Great News!

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