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I've heard this mantra since my days working on Capitol Hill in the 1980’s; I've been around for a while.

Ok, we take back congress in 2 years:
1. Do you have any idea how badly we've lost control of the congress. We're defending 23 seats in the senate and likely will lose 7. And the House, I worked there when we only had 175 members and we got killed. For those of you who are Newt haters, it wasn't until he showed up and blew some wind in our sails and got rid of ole Bob Michael's did we have a shot at regaining the majority. Boehner is a pretty good guy, but he ain't no Newt.

2. “Educate people regarding conservative principles...” Gosh, this one is a real winner. As if I haven't. But in case you're not aware, conservative “principles” aren't, shall we say, in vogue right now. After all, they require a bit of self-control, self-discipline and personal responsibility, not high on the average Americans list (see 3 Trillion of consumer debt).

It's pollyanish to think we're gonna “take back congress” in two years or reeducate the populace to our way of thinking. We'd better prepare for a fight because we're gonna have one on our hands in the not to distant future.

There have been men and women much smarter and greater than me trying to hold of the tidal wave of liberalism for a long long time. They've done there best but have ground has been ceded.

Evidence?

1. 10 TRILLION dollars of federal debt. Yep, our conservative principles are really winning the day on this issue.

2. 43 MILLION dead babies, our compelling life arguments are ruling here.

3. 50% divorce rate, stunning the number of people embracing the conservative family values principles.

4. and on and on.

Like I said, I've been in this battle for many years and our principles are not dominate, you might think they are, but the evidence points in a different direction. Oh, wait, I forgot, we did win on welfare reform.