A few more terms of turnover, and we should have a completely different makeup for the House and Senate (especially the latter).  There will be exceptions: I expect us never to be rid of people like Pelosi or Kerry or Wrangle because the people in their states or districts will remain wholly owned by them.  At the same time, let’s not fall asleep at the wheel after this round…

   Falling asleep when we should’ve been keeping our eyes on our representatives was how all of this took place.

There’s a clear partisan tint to today’s megaspending in Washington. Unless yesterday’s marches caused many Congressmen to become “Blue Dog” Democrats, who really are committed to cutting spending (unlike many of the Blue-Dogs-in-name we currently have), having the Dems in power will equal continued spending.

The best way to stop that is to change those Congresspeople, in enough numbers where you can put the House leadership in the hands of real fiscal conservatives.

To do that in today’s America, your best bet for success is to reach out to the other major party in American politics—the GOP. By all means, get rid of the big spenders in primaries and cacuii. But it’s wishful thinking to think that a “Fiscal Responsibility Party” could elect enough people to Congress in 2010 to take control, or be a big enough voting bloc to influence legislation.

The problem is, if the Tea Party movement insists on building and maintaining a “nonpartisan” image—it be seen as “working” with Republicans.

But, in order to take out the big spenders at the ballot box—you’ll have to go at the Democrats, because THEY are the ones enabling the big spending.

If I was David Axelrod, or another professional Democratic politico, I’d label any attempt by Tea Party people to oppose a big-spending Dem as “evidence” that the Tea Party is really a GOP front. Unfortunately, I think that will be enough to make lots of the Tea Party leaders flinch from decisive contact.

Team Axelrod will exploit that to keep power…and keep spending.

This post rambled a bit…sorry that the prose and reasoning isn’t tighter.

I worry that now that this has taken place, People will feel a catharsis, that they voiced their opinion, and then nothing more will come of it.

If these things are to happen on July 4th (God willing) then the Left (which includes the MSM (CNN, NBC, CBS, MSNBC – The usually suspects), the online kooks (move on, daily commies, Huff and puff), and their backers (James Bond villian George Soros) WILL infiltrate. Shields up people!

Lets be honest. These guys didn’t really expect this to happen in the size and scope that it did. CNN sent out a quick hit, but it fizzled. The On Line left made 7th grade sexually laced humor. Anderson Cooper did both. It could be compaired to Clinton’s famous cruise missile strike at a location Bin Laden left before the missiles were launched. As has been said on this board – “What? Conservatives don’t protest! They have jobs! They’re at work! They don’t organize! They’re just crazy rednecks with guns!” They will know unleash all the powers of Hades at us next time.

To put this in Star Wars terms, We just blew up the Death Star. But Darth Varder survived and the Emperor is still incontrol of what was the Republic. Tomorrow… (well rather today as this is an early morning post) the MSM will adjust fire and try to do damage control. Paul Begala and Chris “Tingle up my leg” Mathews will start doing mortar fire and bring in more lefty heavy hitters to try and sway public opinion.

Here’s the Strategery for us. If you attended one, let your friends know what it was about. Point them to this site and good videos of people that are well spoken. Show them the difference between the hardworking, average Americans and the rent a mobs that attend liberal ralleys.

Basically, we feel this way about taxes and spending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulkhjOfk1Hg

Forgive me for mixing metaphores.

There is an unprecedented eye opening going on in the country right now. I don’t think any office being voted on in 2010 is off the table…many are extremely unlikely, but what happened today is a sea change. If it continues, we run good candidates and especially if Obama does something horrendously stupid(I mean something the press actually has to report), we can win big.

We can’t take back the Senate in 2010. We’ve lost too many seats. It will take years to even rebuild the filibuster there. (Remember, the Father and Two Mothers of Porkulus are there to spend along with the rest of the Dems).

We can, however, radically remake the House in the next election.

We can stop Barack. We can save at least some of our kids’ money.

But, we have to organize. Find and vote for candidates that will commit to lower government.

With all due respect to Glenn “Hey-Let’s-Have-A-Third-Party!” Reynolds and Michelle Malkin, that means supporting GOP candidates. (AFTER we use our primaries and caucii to throw out any big-spending GOP incumbents, that is).

As long as the Dems keep control of the House, Team Pelosi will spend. Especially in the years leading up to Barack’s reelection bid.

If all the Tea Party movement does is split conservatives, and perhaps elect a few “Fiscal Responsibility Party” people to Congress (whom the Dems will ignore), then David Axelrod will be one happy man.

He knows how to play this game. He and Rahm are hoping we’ll expend much of our energy jousting with windmills. While they keep spending and spending and spending…

We gotta play this game to win. And, our time is short. The longer the big-spenders stay in power, the poorer our kids get.

We can’t be satisfied with just doing things that feel good. We have to do things that will work.

All of y’all, work with the GOP to take back the House in 2010.

What other realistic shot do we have to stop the spending, before it’s too late?

Erick, I saw you on Hannity; BZ. (Ask mbecker or another Marine on the site to explain…unless we have some former sailors who can pipe in).

“You are not alone”

It is easy to become an island onto yourself politically in heavy blue areas… and you can forget how many people think that spending and governmental growth is out of control… want to know how many, check out the tea party turnout threads, which only has about a tenth (1/10th) of the parties on it so far -> http://www.redstate.com/raven/2009/04/15/tax-day-tea-party-numbers/

Great commentary Erick and you’re much better looking than Sean.

Must keep the pressure up.

This might be the start of something important.