The Road Ahead

 

 

"The road ahead is either full of opportunities, or fraught with danger and pitfalls..."

Even after the historic butt kicking the Republicans took in 2008, when looking at the political map of the United States, there was more red than blue. Not much, but still more red. In most years, the map is always predominantly red. Today, the map is bright red, and it looks good that way. Some pundits think it will take the Democrats a generation to recover and get back to the 2008 baseline. We shall see. I am much more concerned about the road ahead as we march into 2015.

Often times in the morning I like to snoop around behind enemy lines and see what the groupthink is. My favorite venue to do that is watching a bit of Morning Joe on MSNBC. I know, I know - it is not easy. However, I do it for the team. It gives me good material to use in some of my morning blog articles.

Today, the show had on the former Mayor of Cincinnati and astute political prognosticator - Jerry Springer. A lifelong Leftie (hard to believe that after seeing his show a few times), Dr. Springer was very pensive yet optimistic when discussing the future of the Democrats. "Oh, we will be back. This was an off-year election and our base stayed home. The angry people came out to vote. This country is very left leaning. We may lose battles, but we are winning the war."

Is he right or wrong? I think he could be right if the Republicans screw this up (again). We have asked the American people to let the adults to be back in charge, to let us drive the car. Now we have to show the country we know how to drive. We need to handle the President in the same adroit manner Bill Clinton handled the Republicans after the 1994 election. He was able to play nice, keep the country happy, and still get done mostly what he wanted. Rather than using a frontal attack, Clinton was able to work the margins, and he worked them well.

I will say this again. A losing hand would be to immediately pass a bill to overturn ObamaCare. That would backfire. The best way to kill this program is to do it one piece at a time. First start with something easy, like the Medical Device Tax. Get some basic agreements from Democrats, and then kill that tax. Next, eliminate the IRS from ObamaCare enforcement. They have betrayed the trust of the American people. Should be easy to get bi-partisan support for that one. Then keep going, piece by piece. Soon, it will fall under it's own weight.

To travel down the road ahead, we must be cunning, nimble and smart. The Administration as well as their Lap Dog Press, is chomping at the bit to tell the American people we are losers, and they made a mistake letting us drive. I hope history shows this election to be a real turning point for our country. Not just the road ahead, but also the journey back to our values. It is up to us to make sure our honest brokers stay honest. If they fail, we all fail.