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I think this article says something about it being too late to fix it. The debt we have is what we’ve already spent... water under the bridge and its just a matter of time before the chickens come home to roost. In that case whatever happens in November will not matter.

This is just some musing, but perhaps it might be better if Democraps win. Just like they set up the whole CRA thing and messed around with Fannie and Freddie, etc and managed to leave Republicans holding the bag when the whole thing came down in flames, it might be better when the debt chickens come home to roost that they are at the helm and take the full brunt of it after spending hand over fist, dabbling in fascism and all the rest of their progressiveness. It might just be the way to wake the rest of America up and defeat Liberalism once and for all.

The problem with the democrats winning is that they will be holding the bag, and will use that continued power to simply institute more control over the economy--government takeovers of private businesses. And they will be cheered on by a voting majority who will be worked up to blame The Rich, and shouldn't The Rich have to suffer some now?

Considering the trends in immigration and voter registration, I can't think of any "good" election outcome other than the Republicans winning and trying to block Obama's final two years. Whatever they do, I don't think it's going to help him, whereas Obama's continuing to march to the left won't be hindered by Democrat wins--if Dodd and Frank aren't feeling any heat NOW over their criminal acts, a renewal of their party's control will merely encourage them to do worse.

At this point I’m not sure what a Republican victory would bring. The GOP is still in an internal battle for control between the conservative core base and the “big tent” establishment (McCain, Steele, Graham). If the GOP wins the House in 2010 and is controlled by the big tent wing, it will fail by attempting to govern through compromise.

Governing through compromise is the road to disaster. It means the Republicans will acquiesce to the President’s agenda and therefore be blamed for its failure. Better for the Democrats to win and be accountable than for the Republicans to be willing partners in the failure.

There might be a chance if the limited government conservatives wrest power in the GOP from the big tent wing. Even if the Dems retain power in the Senate in 2010, a scrappy and vocal limited government conservative GOP house majority can apply a brake on the President’s policies. The Constitution gives the power of to raise revenue to the House as well as the power of impeachment.