Mid-term Elections 2010

Re: An excerpt from an article written by Dylan Loewe for Huffington Post.

Here's my problem. The political atmosphere in July and August of 2009 has essentially no relationship to what voter attitudes will be more than a year later. Which isn't to say that health care reform won't have a major impact on the outcome of the midterms. But the issue will be whether or not the Democrats pass a bill, not whether or not they did it gracefully.

In my opinion, Mr. Loewe has done some fancy dancing with the English language but if I understand his steps correctly, he is saying, (Wishing?) many of us will not remember the traitors of our country come this time next year. Not I! They can hire all the Public Relation firms they want but they will not make me forget how they have conducted themselves in both the House and the Senate in relation to several issues critical to our country. In my opinion, Mr. Loewe and others who feel this way are naïve. (Smile) I am banking on successes of the past and of the future I heard articulated by Pres. Obama this morning at the U.N. and it will not happen if many in the group we now have in Congress are re-elected. I color the situation “Impossible!” I note a comment to the article:

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The Democrats have not given progressives a reason to vote for them in 2010 other than the fact that they are the better alternative to the Republicans. Seriously, what have they done since gaining power in both Congress and the White House? Giving handouts to Wall Street, backpedaling on healthcare reform and not ending the wars are not the change people wanted. Many progressives will simply stay home or vote third party next year if the Democrats don't stop with the spinelessness and inaction.

Complete article:
Everything You Think You Know About the Midterms is Wrong
By Dylan Loewe
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan-loewe/everything-you-think-you_b_295811.html
As always,
BB