Forget all the fighting over the Presidency for a minute. The U.S. (our economy and our cultural fabric) cannot be saved without a takeover of the Senate by grown-up Republicans (along with a maintenance of Republican dominance in the House).
"Nearly 20 percent of Americans are working for governments at one level or another; another 20 percent are largely dependent on Social Security and Medicare; and another 10 percent are on some means-tested welfare program and completely dependent on government for their daily bread -- and many of these groups are fairly well organized politically, so getting them to vote for less government is increasingly difficult."
"With basically half the country being net receivers of government largesse rather than net donors, it will take only a small additional push for the left to create a virtually permanent majority in favor of higher taxes and higher spending ad infinitum, world without end, Amen.
All of which makes 2012 perhaps the last chance to turn things around."
You really need to read this:
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/01/13/jim-demint-issues-political-ca
