How the country votes on the national election is never how it votes on the state and local scene. The past has a habit of repeating itself (remember carter had a 61 vote majority in the senate) so right now the ball is essentially in the GOP court its up to them what to do with it.

One final bit of information is that our nation polls as fiscally conservative…that is fact…and in fact whats funny is the Democratic party used to have a strong contingent that followed this priciple but they are no more…same for the GOP though currently they need to find their way back to this core principle and as such take this nation back away from the precipice of the criminally fiscal irresponsibility of the current admin.

Well, the demographic trends are worrisome, because we certainly are producing a bumper crop of arrogant, historically illiterate fools (as opposed to engineers and scientists).

But Dennis, you’re making exactly the same mistake as Republicans did in 2002 when they confidently predicted a permanent GOP majority on the strength of the midterm election results. I recall that conservativism was also pronounced dead after Johnson’s landslide election in ’64 and in the post-Watergate years. The GOP may or may not be able to reform itself, but the conservative/libertarian impulse will remain powerful. If the Republicans will not produce leaders who will be able to adequately represent us, then they will go the way of the Whigs. I’m still hoping they can turn themselves around.

You’re assuming people who voted Dem in 2008 will always and forever vote Dem. I would balk at making such predictions, since these little things called “events” have a way of happening and there is no guarantee that they’ll work in Obama’s favor.

For all the hysteria over the implosion of the GOP cooler heads will prevail as the Dem’s proceed now that they have the numbers. Your emphasis on the GOP needing to take note of what Rahm & Dean did after loosing congressional seats to Bush in ’02 is spot on. Recruit quality candidates and fund their runs.

The fact is that the Obama victory in Nov was so over hyped by an adoring media in part to further fuel the false pretense that the GOP is in danger of going the way of the Whigs. Facts just keep stubornly getting in the way. The MSM is overtly invested in Obama – he’s a ‘king’ they in part helped create.

In states like North Carolina, Indiana, Colorado, Florida and Virginia (outside of Northeast counties) – the states that made up the so-called decisisve victory – the Dems spanked conservatives when getting out the vote. They were better organized, had more money, and enjoyed a compliant media to help facilitate victory.

With the financial crisis Dems have shoved big government spending down the gullets of Americans on par with FDR in ’32 & ’36. But for all the mayhem people have rejected that we are in or on the verge of a 2nd Depression. Instead the Dem’s actions are increasingly seen for what they truly represent – crass political opportunism. The Tea Party revolt is a direct reflection – despites the MSM intent to dismiss it as vaild or widespread.

The proper response should come in the states first – if people reject it – as conservatives hold – it will manifest there before perculating up with momentum.

Another flashpoint is coming this summer when Obama picks his first Supreme – will he choose to appease the left with an extremely liberal candidate first now that he has a Senate majority? Considering that both Stevens and Ginsburg will most likely follow quickly – that choice will have an outsized effect on the body politic for the upcoming state races.

Again, good work Jennifer. This kind of article is why I so enjoy PJM, because it raises precisely the kind of important topics that never gets covered in the overtly biased MSM – outside of C-Span.

http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-students-handle-indoctrination-u.html

Keep ignoring the actual finer mathamatical data. The old expression used to be that “The Shadow Knows”. Your incomplete rendition of polling “facts” shows your bias and that you can’t be trusted. Your not fooling anyone.

Lets consider some poll numbers that count, the overnights from Rockin’ Barry O’s last presser as seen on Drudge yesterday:

SHOCK POLL

The latest poll by the American TV viewing audience revealed a shocking 50% drop in President Obama’s popularity ratings.

Here’s the ratings for the President’s last three primetime news events:
Feb: 9: 49.5 million
March 24: 40.4 million
April 29: 28.8 million
Insiders say that Rockin’ Barry O failed to get the attention of 21 million viewers on his third primetime address to the nation since 9 FEB 09, most likely due to overexposure. Simply put, 4 times as many people have seen the Susan Boyle video than watched the hand washing lesson presented by our Commander in Chief. Place your bets on the viewership for the next primetime event, will his numbers drop by another 10 million?

We need a mini revolution (based on the fundamental conservative principles of personal responsibility, integrity, ethics, lower taxes, smaller government, etc.) where we throw every last professsional politican ( of any stripe) out on their asses (I know, I know, it will massively increase the welfare ranks as none of those sieves could probably get an honest job in the non-governmental sector, but that is a small price to pay to get rid of the fools who have brought a great country to its knees like no other foreign enemy has ever been able to do!).

We need to go back to the times of Jefferson and Adams in the sense that politicians then were citizens first, and represented their fellow citizens as a service to their country, unlike today where politics is a route to ill-gotten wealth for those who otherwise couldn’t hold a regular job (is anyone else concerned that Denny Hastert is a multi-millionaire and became one only after being elected to Congress?!?!?!? There are hundreds like him from both parties.)

We, the people, need to take control of Congress, and remind them who is boss:
*citizens should set their pay and benefits, not them
*their pay should not exceed the median salary of every American
*every American should have the same health care and pension as goverment officials (which means drasitcally reducing the golden perks we currently give politicians and useless government bureaucrats
*federal term limits may be unconstitutional, but practical terms limits are not–Reps can serve 4 terms, and after that, if they want to run for relection and serve, they can, but they won’t receive any salary or benefits; for our distinguished solons in the Senate, the same should apply after 2 terms;
*Any politician seeking to run for any other office must immediately resign their current seat before running–it offends me to no end that Nobama, McCain, Swillary, Joe the Plagerizer, et al ran for President on our dimes while allegedly representing us!!;
*no child or spouse or girl/boyfriend or partner should be allowed to be employed in the same government that the politician is elected to (the same should apply to the bloodsucking bureaucrats too)!!!
*Congress should be in session for 40 hours a week, and if it isnt, all the solons’ pay should be docked;
*we shouldn’t provide housing subsidies to the Washington pols–if they can’t afford their own digs on their own dime, we should build barracks on the Capitol Hill grounds!

Congress members are not our betters–THEY ARE OUR SERVANTS!!! We have all collectively simply let them take over–but we all can take the power back.

Remember, historians estimate that the demise of the Roman empire occured in part due to the massive cost of maintaining all the governing accoutrements across a huge geographical area–at the time of its demise, the historians think that government services took up approximately 5% of the Roman Empire’s GDP. Today, the Fed takes up 20% of US GDP, and with the new spending, oopps, I mean stimulus bill, it could go up to 30%!!

Smell the roses people, the politicians are our scourge and our fault–let’s get rid of them ALL, NOW, and start over-Spector is not the cause of the rot, just another unavoidable symptom–if he had any integrity, he would have resigned his seat and then switched parties and run in a special election–but as all he clearly cares about is himself, I am sure that thought never entered his pea brain.

I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!!! If necessary, we can go back to the Declaration of Independence–anyone unhappy with goverment today should read it–
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm

Congress members are not our betters–THEY ARE OUR SERVANTS!!! We have all collectively simply let them take over–but we all can take the power back!!!