A large number of pixels have been promulgated by the left in the past couple of days supposedly bashing Obama and the Democratic Party.  They bought the president and his faction through campaign contributions and sweat equity.  They want a return on their investment, and it appears to be slipping away.  However, it is not the actual agenda that matters the most.  It is appearance of indomitability and superiority they had created that is really melting away.  These leaders are scared to death their broad, radical promises will evaporate, and with it, their power.

There is no such thing as a cohesive political group without a shared agenda of demands.  Those demands drive the ideological push for the members of that group toward goals.  The leaders of these groups are charged with the responsibility of obtaining those goals.  If the goals are not realized, given an adequate measure of ability to achieve, the group begins to lose cohesion.  There is no reason to follow leaders who are unable to succeed.  It is the appearance of possible success that glues otherwise unassociated people together. 

Let me explain.  Almost every turn of the century has a group of people who are convinced the end times are near.  They will work together and follow a leader who can tell them where to be, how to act, and what to do, as long as that cohesive element is present.  They are only tied together and responsive to that leader during the time that particular goal is possible.  Every time, the century or date has passed and the group finds itself standing in a field looking up.  The goal has evaporated.  The leader’s veneer of superiority is gone.  While a few may continue to adhere, the group dissipates rapidly. 

Another example is high school.  Cliques in high school are powerful combinations that appear to be ‘permanent.’  People vow to be ‘friends forever’ believing that even out in the bigger world, that bond will endure.  It may between a friend or two.  It may last for a while in a closed situation.  But for the most part their shared experience of social position in high school, once quite solid, melts under the hot sun of reality without that social cohesion.

Liberals rely on the same kind of thin veneer of power to collectively drive their agenda.  Labor unions, in particular, are especially vulnerable.  If out of power, they can use the cohesive shared desire for collectivization and demonization of the ‘other’ to keep the troops in line.  But, like the predicted date of the rapture, once they gain ultimate power, they are expected to achieve their shared goals.  If that doesn’t occur, the face falls off the idol. 

“Union leaders warn that the Democrats’ lackluster performance in power is sapping the morale of activists going into the midterm elections.” 

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This is a very common ideal among collectivists.  They believe in the ‘morale’ of the ‘people’ and if they do not get their ideals achieved, it will sap their will.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The union membership won’t be sad and weepy.  They won’t mope in the corner.  They will actually realize there is no collectivist rapture.  Union members will stand on the proverbial hill awaiting the second coming and when it doesn’t occur, will scatter to the winds.  That is what the leaders of the collectivists fear the most. 

The union leaders, with their party in power, cannot blame others for the failure.  They will try.  But, most of their followers will see past the curtain and see the professor working the levers to manipulate the smoke and mirrors of the Wizard’s hall.  Union members will see these leaders, who wasted their hard-earned money and precious time, as not the chosen ones.  They will be perceived as incompetent charlatans.  The money and campaign work will dry up.  The veneer will peel away.  The machine will run out of gas without people to refill the tank.  This fall will be an interesting time.  The masks are slipping off the monsters.  They are turning out to be just regular people, who are on a power trip.