The Republican Roadblock

Some GOP candidates and many of those who advise them are saying that in the coming November elections for the United States House of Representatives and one-third of the US Senate, that the Republican Party must have more to offer than simply being the party of "no". With the nation gripped by palpable worry over the economy, recognizing the of loss of personal freedom and control of their medical destiny with the recently passed Obama care debacle, and many mainstream Americans even coming to fear their own Federal government for the first time- standing in opposition to Obamaism and pledging to block and reverse the all-encompassing growth of Federal intrusiveness into the most personal aspects of our lives may well be enough to return the GOP to power. The bulk of the nation is not seeking a better path toward socialism or a delay in the imposition of care rationing or granting a bureaucrat a bit more latitude in dribbling out said care. Most voters (as I believe will be demonstrated again as it has been recently in Massachusetts with the victory of Scott Brown in taking the so-called Ted Kennedy US Senate seat in what is widely regarded as the most liberal state and Hawaii , another leftist enclave, where Obama himself resided in his youth, which saw a long-term US House seat held by Democrats taken by the GOP's Charles Djou) do not wish to see the fundamental underpinnings of America removed and will vote to stem the tide of radicalism at the earliest opportunity. Republican candidates do not need to offer their more moderate version of cap and trade (and tax and tax and tax). They need to muster the strength to block its implementation. The GOP need not seek to reform the disaster that is health care reform at the margins- they must promise to repeal it, and when they win, act on that pledge. Smaller, less intrusive government is what most Americans yearn for and promulgating that notion was enough to launch the Reagan Revolution and the era of Republican resurgence. Let the Democrats play their "what I can give you" games. Republicans will emerge victorious by saying and meaning "we will get off your backs, out of your wallets, and out of your way". If the GOP lifts the "boot of government" off our collective throats and frees us up from Obama's cradle to grave philanthropy confiscated at our expense, our ingenuity and industry will do the rest. Let the Republicans form a wall against Obamaism and make this the first rung on the ladder to returned electoral success aimed not at the perpetuation of power but at the advancement of freedom.