Working on your own demise
Nov 3, 2009 Governmental Reach, Obama Administration
Today’s elections point out something very interesting. That something is not new, and in fact it seems to be the rule more than the exception, but it’s brought to light again today. That something is the idea that the country chooses its representation based on the motivation and interests of the electorate, the elected (including those who won on a recount or several recounts) think that it extends to their entire agenda, and then the elected begin to work on their demise in full force. In fact, when it comes to the presidency, they call this effort “The First 100 Days.”
Today we will see this referendum on governmental reach in all of the key races. There are places where conservatives should have no chance at winning, considering the results of just a year ago. There is even a place where a 3rd party candidate is going to win just to spite the president AND the liberalization of the so-called conservative party.
Mary Kate Cary of U.S. News and World Report points out that it is no other than fiscal conservatism that is winning out.
Maybe it’s because they can see what’s happening. Democrats can read the polls: Independent swing voters are moving toward the right, and the Republican base. The wide American mainstream is broadening to include fiscal conservatives—yes, some of whom have all sorts of opinions on social issues—but they are united in their concern about the growing size and scope of government. Wasn’t that the lesson of August’s tea parties—that people of all stripes are concerned about massive government growth? Isn’t that what’s really threatening the left?
This is something that happens on both sides of the aisle, though tonight will be a referendum on the one year of government overreach by the Obama Administration. It will be spun as something entirely different, but there’s simply no other reason why fiscal conservatives would be winning in these areas that were so largely won by Obama just one year ago.
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