[Man50D]

Really, if he just sticks with the economy, that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

The primary responsibility of the federal government is national security. It's an issue Schiff is silent on unless pressed.

I'm not real confident anybody can fix much of anything at this point, but I'd like to see what somebody like him could do if he did nothing else.

Nothing else matters, including the Constitution, if that is the case. Why bother posting at FR if it is all just an exercise in futility? Millions of people in the tea party movement disagree with you.

[Aliska]

Fair enough. I'm trying my best not to give in to gloom and doom and despair, trying to convince a family member that all is not necessarily lost on any front. Maybe get too many doses of pessimism.

Gold is hot. Stocks are not. Here where I live. Seems to be a non-partisan issue at this point. Can't really share more than that right now.