If Barack Obama wins the election, and Democrats secure a super majority over Congress, I agree with Obama that it will be a new "beginning" for this country. It will be the beginning of the end for the far left progressives who have been governing this country from the shadows, unwilling to step up and make their intentions known to the American people. Once these Democrats get what they have wanted for so long, a monopoly on the US government, their policies will become clear, and there will be nowhere for them to hide, nobody else for them to blame, when those policies prove themselves dangerous. And if our country can weather the economic collapse and military and terrorist attacks from at home and abroad that are sure to come in the next two years, we will have the opportuntiy to put this dangerous flirtation with far left ideology behind us and begin to restore our economic and military strength. With any luck, two years is all it will take for us to backtrack from this radical detour and return to the prosperous road that we have been on since the 1980s. And once we're back on the right road, we can begin to address the problems that have been bumps on that road with energy independence, medical tort reform, financial regulation and governmental reform.
Beginning with the first day of an Obama presidency, we have an opportunity to show Americans, first hand, the failures of far left progressive policies. Just remember how much damage Democrats did the last time they had such a blank check, in 1992 and 1993. The policies they tried to enact resulted in the Republican Revolution of 1994. I expect this to be an even more profound push toward socialist policies, because unlike in 1992, Democrats now have, as support for their agenda, what they are calling the "greatest economic disaster since the Great Depression". Do not be surprised, then, to see the greatest growth in government since the New Deal. In the mind of progressive Democrats, American needs the same hand-out and leg up that the New Deal provided. That most economic experts expect this recession to last until sometime next year doesn't seem to deter them. They will have their depression. Count on it.
If, as I believe, there is a backlash against these far left progressive policies, I think it's critical that it is not merely a Republican movement. It is critical that it is also a movement by the Democratic voters to repel those progressives from their party and return it to its more moderate position of advocating for the working man within the framework of a capitalist system and democratic government. They must recognize that the progressives within their party are advocating for radical change, a change which would replace free markets with government control, and which would, necessarily, decrease our personal freedoms in order to maintain that control.
There is little tolerance in this country for the extremes of either political party. Though it is usually difficult for extremists to win power in this country, a number of factors have combined to give the far left extremists a very real shot at unchecked power in this country over the next two years. This is the true test of the strength of our democracy. When these extremists control the White House, Congress, the court system, and the media, what can stand against them if they choose to enact policies that are against the will of the people? The last line of defense is the people. If, as our founders intended, the people are the true power in this country, we will regain control of this country within two years. If that is not the case, it could well be the beginning of the end of this great American experience.