If I am not mistaken the Blue Dogs all but disappeared in the last election. By Pelosi being voted in as the minority leader it signaled control of the hard left of the Democratic Party, was there another time in history when a sitting speaker lost control of the house and ended up controlling the minority? The tea party was owned by the Republicans by being locked out of any meaningful posts in congress, Bachman specifically. However the TP is pushing the republicans back to the right. The 2012 election is a very important election for this country. Obama knows it and has signaled he wants to get reelected. As we saw in the last election he like all politicians will say and do anything to get elected and last night was just the same as it ever was.


Calling for term limits are a short cut to thinking. If the public was involved at all levels and knew the people they were voting for it would not be an issue.