has delivered a body blow to the democrat party in Congress.

Sadly, the cross tabs are members only. This goes to show that the GOP’s principles are attractive when our congressmen stand for them. I hope the next time we have the majority and the white house, we hold just as rigorously to those principles.

When we are in the driver’s chair, whichever GOP leaders have the kahunas to reduce the size of government and balance the budget, those are the ladies and gentlemen I’ll be looking for in the primaries. I can’t wait to put a solid R back in VA’s 5th and oust Perriello.

and let Palin run against Obama and let Biden run against himself.

It just goes to show what an absolute train wreck McCain’s campaign was.

It’s good to see the pendulum swing, but it’s not enough and not fast enough. The current Dem majority coupled with Obama in the WH have me pretty well convinced that pointing to the 2010 mid-terms is a losing strategy. Whatever damage these clowns are going to do is going to be well along to the irreversible state by then.

Everywhere I look, I see indicators that there is a broad based drawing back from moderates, conservatives and independents who either supported “Change” or figured it was no big deal to choose between two crappy choices. Disillusionment seems to be extending into African-American communities and even spreading overseas.

What I don’t see is any meaningful sign of activity. Oh, the blogs are full of comments, the pundits are in bloom and there are even some telephone campaigns against the stimulus bill. But those do not equate to a meaningful resistance. I suppose Republicans have never been much for crying “To the barricades!”, but unless we begin to take action, we will find ourselves well and truly screwed.

Let’s take it a bit beyond the Republican Party. I have been a registered independent for 25 years, since I stopped being a Texas Democrat. I thought of joining the Republican Party, but that’s too narrow a focus. There are independents, libertarians and even a number of Democrats who are becoming more and more aghast at what is happening to our country. Big tent, indeed. We have to look beyond mere electoral strategy and find ways to keep our country from being sold down the drain. I have no desire to live in the Weimar Republic.

I have been milling around for several months hoping for the best, but now it is apparent to me that my hope is pretty forlorn. The last few years for me have been largely spent in working crazy hours at the day job and paying attention to politics on the side without much energy or time to do anything about it beyond vote and a little talk. But now I can’t afford not to get involved

There are, I firmly believe, a huge number of Americans who are appalled at the direction in which our country is being shoved. Let’s start the discussion on how to take our country back.

I originally posted this comment at Moe’s site.

Gallup is pretty much showing that the American public agrees with President Obama and other democrats on the stimulus bill and disagree with the way republicans are handling the situation.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/114202/Obama-Upper-Hand-Stimulus-Fight.aspx

Let’s at least base our opposition in the real world and not an imaginary world that makes us feel better but doesn’t really exist.

When the spotlight shines on you (now the Dems) how bad all of the wrinkles and warts look. Believe it or not it’s only been 3 weeks since The One took office to change America; according to this poll it’s “change we can believe in”.