Less than two months from now, the face of government throughout the nation will make a drastic change. On Nov. 2, Republicans gained 10 governorships, six Senate seats and over 60 House seats to end Nancy Pelosi's reign as Speaker of the House.
The liberals in office used every excuse they could come up with to defend themselves, but the American people chose not to buy into any of it (even though a huge left-wing bias in the media tried to persuade them).
What amazes me is the fact that the majority of their excuses were aimed at Republicans. How many times have we heard President Obama talk about Republicans "driving the car into the ditch?"
That may be true, Mr. President (although even that is debatable when you consider the fact that Democrats took control of Congress in 2006). But even if that is true, what have you and your colleagues done to get us out of the ditch? If anything, you've taken the car from the ditch and now have it teeter-tottering over a cliff.
Obama and his Democrat-controlled Congress have spent more money in the last two years than was spent in eight years under the Bush administration. The justification for the spending: keeping unemployment under 8 percent. The result of the spending: 9.6 percent unemployment and a massive increase to the national debt and deficit.
Democrats tried to paint Republicans as the party of no, and it backfired. When it came to the policies implemented by Congress in the last two years, the majority of Americans agreed with Republicans in saying "no."
Did the American people want more spending? No. Did they want to increase the national debt and deficit? No. Did they want the health care law passed? No (and a poll taken the day before the election by Rasmussen Reports shows that 58 percent of Americans still want the law repealed).
Do they want the Bush tax cuts to expire? No. An Associated Press poll shows that 53 percent of Americans believe the cuts should be extended for everyone, while just 44 percent would have them extended for only those making less than $250,000 per year.
With facts like these, it is very easy to understand why the Democrats had such a difficult time in this year's election cycle. It has been widely noted that this session of Congress has been one of the most productive in our nation's history, but when nearly everything accomplished was unpopular, the Democrats could not run on how wonderfully productive they had been.
Instead, they used gross attacks. In Kentucky, they attacked Rand Paul's religion. In Florida, Alan Grayson ran an ad comparing his opponent to the Taliban, calling him "Taliban Dan." President Obama referred to Republicans as "enemies" at one campaign rally. This coming from the same guy who said, "We are not red states or blue states, but United States," just two short years ago.
In addition to attacking opponents, they attacked us, the people. If we don't like the health care law, then we are obviously too dumb to understand it. And who can forget Nancy Pelosi's ever-so-popular line, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." Does she really believe we are that stupid?
On Nov. 2, we the people sent a wake-up call. Republicans won in droves, but they must realize that they did not win because we love them, but rather because we cannot stand the work currently being done.
The GOP needs to keep its promise of working to reduce spending and doing anything and everything they can to repeal, delay or defund Obamacare.
It is clear what the will of the people is, and Obama and his Democratic colleagues need to work with Republicans to get our country back on track. And yes, this means extending all of the tax cuts. This will end the uncertainty, restore confidence and get employers hiring to create and save far more jobs than any stimulus bill could.
Takeaways from the general election
