It is possible that if the Social Democrats get ONE of their initiatives through Congress in some form- Health Care or Cap&Trade or Amnesty it will not matter at all what happens in 2010. Either of the first two installs Socialism and will not be repealed by any conceivable Congress because by the time they could take it up there will be millions of new bureaucrats to fire and Republicans will not do that. Amnesty is less direct. It installs a voting base that makes the Democrat majority unassailable and permanent by 2012 and the 2010 majority of Republicans, no matte how large, will be a fleeting thing.
I disagree. A huge mandate against the socialist’s agenda will make things happen.
All depends if the new Pubbies can keep their balls.
We’ll see.
Conservatives, throughout the entire U.S., seriously need to plan to move to other countries and really try to create conservatism in other countries. With amnesty for illegal immigrants, socialized medicine, cap and trade, higher taxes, and even bigger government eventually becoming the permanent laws of the U.S., it probably will be several decades of third world socialism that exists throughout the U.S., before it eventually attempts to move towards conservatism. It really will be too late by November ‘10.
I’m afraid you’re right.
I am doing my damndest to stay optomistic, but it’s tough.