This fight needs to be fought. If not now, when? If not by us, who?
You have to be realistic about the rules of the battle though. Honestly... how can we possibly win a sweeping victory NOW by just crossing our arms and saying "NO!"? Do you really think Socialist Bama and crew wouldn't lick their chops in the midst of a system collapse? Unless you're literally looking for blood (which, sadly, it seems like some on FR are), it seems to make more sense to play this out politically over time and to make steady progress. For Pete's sake, we've got Obama's base spitting nails at him - we've got the public turned against him - in the midst of this storm, the reality is that our prospects look pretty darn good going forward. If I was only looking to be on the winning side, I'd much rather be on our team going into '12 than on the other team!