Ignore the Frenzied Democrat Tantrum - Vote Republican Tomorrow

The New York Times is having a capital "T" Tantrum because the Democrats are set to lose the Senate in tomorrow's election. In a Sunday NYT Op-Ed piece contributed by David Schranzer, professor of public policy at Duke University, the Times supports the idea of eliminating midterm elections. The reasons offered for scrapping the constitutional midterm election format are that : they create greater partisan divisions, increase gridlock and render governance of our complex nation even more difficult; are not efficient because less than 40% of the electorate will vote tomorrow; the costs are too high;and they weaken the President and his agenda. But the Times saves its big guns for the Constitution and the Founders : "There was a time when midterm elections made sense - at our nation’s founding, the Constitution represented a new form of republican government, and it was important for at least one body of Congress to be closely accountable to the people. But especially at a time when Americans’ confidence in the ability of their government to address pressing concerns is at a record low, two-year House terms no longer make any sense. We should get rid of federal midterm elections entirely....The government should, through a constitutional amendment, extend the term of House members to four years and adjust the term of Senators to either four or eight years, so that all elected federal officials would be chosen during presidential election years." Not satisfied in sweeping the Constitution aside, the Times goes after the Americans who vote in the midterm elections : "Another quirk is that, during midterm elections, the electorate has been whiter, wealthier, older and more educated than during presidential elections. Biennial elections require our representatives to take this into account, appealing to one set of voters for two years, then a very different electorate two years later." ~~~~~ There are several conclusions we can draw from this remarkably undemocratic proposal. First, the Times wants to abolish midterm elections because they are preventing an historically unpopular President from steamrolling over American citizens many ideas they are opposed to. But, if the American electorate voting at midterm elections were non-white, uneducated, poor and young, midterms would be valuable because the results would favor the current President. And, saving the craziest conclusion for last, the Times believes that the Founders had the novel idea that "at least one body of Congress should be closely accountable to the people" - but today, with "Americans’ confidence in the ability of their government to address pressing concerns at a record low, two-year House terms no longer make any sense" -- presumably because midterms actually allow American citizens to choose elected officials who are accountable to them and represent their point of view. What the Times is really saying here is that we should eliminate elections that get rid of Congress members who support unpopular policies and programs.~~~~~ Along with the New York Times fit of nerves at the thought of having to deal with a Republican Congress, we also are witnessing the Democrat Party in the throes of a nervous breakdown. Democrat National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is predicting a Democrat sweep of all Senate seats being voted on tomorrow -- while Democrat Senate and gubernatorial candidates are refusing to be seen with President Obama. The Kentucky Democrat Senate candidate even refused to say if she voted for Obama in 2012. And the national media that somehow thinks Obama is doing a good job -- despite Benghazi, the IRS scandal, Obamacare, Ebola mismanagement and an economy that has produced a greater ratio of part-time to full-time jobs than at any time since the Great Depression -- that Obama-media is actually accusing the Republican Party of foul play in making President Obama an issue in these midterm elections. Obama is not only an issue -- Obama is THE issue. He has ignored the views of America and refused to deal with America's Congress since 2008. He has driven his own Drmocrat Party to reject him. He has made America an after-thought, instead of the leader, in the major issues the world is facing -- ISIS, Ukraine, Russia's aggressive energy and monetary foreign policies, Iran's nuclear threat, Hamas' attacks on Israel, Afghanistan's Taliban resurgence as the pre-announced Obama withdrawal date nears, Iraq's near collapse after the 2011 US troop withdrawal, North Korea, China's aggression toward her neighbors in the east Asian rim. The list is truly endless. ~~~~~ Dear American readers, vote tomorrow. Reject Obama and the Democrat Senators and House members who voted for his policies and programs. There is no difference between them. Put America back on her rightful road to prosperity and world leadership. Vote Republican.