It’s a process. Colorado was a red state. It is now a blue state. Democrats are waging demographic war, and their intention is to flip Arizona and Texas to blue through illegal immigration. The border is enforced by the federal government, who refuse to, under orders from Obama.
Now, there have been victories. I’ll agree with you there. What we got done in North Dakota and Kansas is exceptional. The Arkansas legislature is a big achievement as well, but I’m outlining the point that it is going to get progressively harder to win nationally as time goes on, unless something dramatic happens (scandal, massive immigration from somewhere conservative, collapse, etc).
I’m not ‘giving up’, but I do think we’re going to need small, state victories more than ever to succeed. Winning the senate would be good, and I actually think we could do it (things are aligning nicely), but Obama has made clear he doesn’t care what the other branches of the government do, he’s going to do whatever he wants. In light of this, it’s going to come down to states being more assertive, and Arizona hasn’t been. That state is being INVADED by criminals, and through Napolitano, the federal government has admitted this is for political purposes.
I apologize if I am kind of downbeat, but it annoys me when red states take this crap, and do nothing, even in light of unforgivable intrusions and derelictions of duty. In spite of our activist judiciary, North Dakotans essentially outlawed abortion. Why can’t Arizona, in spite of Napolitano and her thugs, put their own state enforcement along the border, with shoot-to-kill orders? It might sound like an unrealistic request, but is it, when you look at everything?
We may be kicking butt in some state level races and issues, but we’re getting our butts kicked nationally, and its not all because we’re nominating RINOS. It’s immigration, public education indoctrination, and welfare. If we’re going to defeat the left, we need to find smarter ways of doing it, and I do think tackling these issues at the state level is more important than a lot of people realize. That’s why this stuff in Arizona has me kind of pessimistic.
“We may be kicking butt in some state level races and issues, but we’re getting our butts kicked nationally...”
The Founders didn’t win the country by trying to take over the British parliament. They took over counties and states.
I don’t understand conservative’s bizarre fascination with taking over the federal government when the federal government must rely on states for its power.
If conservatives control the states, the federal government has no power. Why is that so hard to understand?
The several States are absolutely vital to any effort to bring this country back from the brink. We as individuals are utterly powerless against the federal machine. (Can you say “Department of Education SWAT Team”?)
The Constitution is a contract between the several States, and only the States have permanent “standing” to challenge the terms of compliance to that agreement.
Something wicked this way comes. And only our home states can save us.