18 days. That’s all that’s left before Americans must decide if we wish to see the end of America as we know it, and the post-apocalyptic nightmare that will follow, or if we wish to return to the principles that made this country the greatest endeavor in human history.
Short of a full on revolution, this election is the most historic event in our history. In just two short years we have gone from electing the first black president with all the hopes and dreams that were promised to the greatest political upheaval and reversal in our history. While President Obama still enjoys fairly high personal poll rating, he has the lowest rating at the midterm of any president since they started tracking these things — and this is no recent event. His numbers have been in the tank and getting worse since the beginning of the year.
Think about this. While the Democrats have succeeded in getting roughly 70% of their announced agenda through Congress, they have done so almost completely without any bipartisan support. They have, however, done so with immense opposition from the general public, and by making shady backroom deals, scheduling votes in the middle of the night, and simply lying to the public and the media when it served their agenda.
As a result, Congress’s performance rating is in single digits, and every single one of the Democrat leaders in the House and Senate is in serious trouble in their home districts. It looks as if most of them will lose their reelection bids because of it.
By some estimates, Republicans could take as many as 60-70 seats. Not only those of Democrats who are in trouble and whose districts are in play, but many seats that nobody has expected to be in play. Republicans also have a good shot at retaking the Senate this time. There are at least 8 critical seats that are expected to change hands, but another 6-8 that have suddenly come into play.
Real Clear Politics polls show Republicans with an 8% generic lead over Democrats. That is an indication of expected voter turnout, and what will probably be a tsunami that will sweep huge numbers of Obama supporting Democrats out of office at all levels.
The alternative, of course, is business as usual. More bailout money running down the drain, taxes going through the roof, more jobs lost, more home foreclosures as people out of work run out of the means to pay their mortgages, higher crime, and perhaps worst of all more and more government intrusion into our lives in the form of lost rights and more draconian regulations.
Nearly every independent economist whose opinion means anything is predicting an economic disaster if the Democrats retain power for the next two years. The Bush taxcuts expire January 1, and that will almost assuredly trigger another wave of job loss and home foreclosures as businesses tighten their fiscal belts even more. There is even recent news that the Obama administration is considering confiscation of retirement pension accounts, and 401K savings to help pay down the debt that is slowly strangling the economy. The Social Security Administration announced this morning that there will be no cost of living increase next year, for the second year in a row. People on fixed incomes are already being bled white and this will only make it worse.
If the Democrats somehow manage to pull off a miracle and stave off the Republicans, America as a nation is history. It will only be a matter of time before we see bank runs, and riots in the street ala Greece and Spain. We will see another Depression that will make the 1930′s seem mild, and it won’t just be here. As bad a situation as we are in, the rest of the world is even worse off. If we go down, the rest of the world will follow like dominoes. God help us all at that point.
