Conservatism makes a return, in a very big way

Allow me to take a moment to apologize for my absence. I have been inspired to make an earnest return and resume my commentary on politics given the results of the last election.

Last week, we all witnessed our nation functioned in the way that the framers originally intended. A people rose up to their government and said "Enough!" The independents that had so supported President Obama in the last election, A party that was deemed to be dead for a generation, a party that was seen as a southern, white male dominated shadow of Reagan's original coalition came back and wrested control of the House from a large Democratic majority, and as predicted by yours truly back in April, we will indeed have a new Speaker of the House come January.

However, instead of further bashing on the Democrats and cheering on the GOP, I call now for cautious moderation and pragmatic reasoning. I sincerely hope that the Republicans do not interpret this election in the wrong way like the Democrats did in 2008. This was in no way a mandate from the people to block all of President Obama's initiatives and efforts. This was not a complete rejection of the liberal policies. If anything, this is a confused nation trying to find a sense of balance. Just like the Obama election can be categorized as an over-reaction to the Bush Administration, last weeks election was certainly an over-reaction of the Obama one as well. The United States is stumbling from election to election trying to right itself and is looking for continuity. The point is, the Democrats have only themselves to blame for the way they acted over the past 2 years. Because of their super majorities they have acted quite arrogantly towards the right and this culminated in the way the liberals portrayed the Tea Party. This is is a very real movement, my friends. The handling of health care reform was truly disgusting to myself and most conservatives as well as many independents who saw it as sheer hypocrisy on the part of the president who promised real change in the way Washington functioned, but merely did everything in the same exact way. No meaningful change. Let us hope that genuine and honest change from both sides of the aisle begins in earnest starting in January.

As stated before, I really do hope that the Republicans do not overplay their hand in the way the Democrats have. The nation does not want a liberal or a conservative agenda. The people want real, meaningful compromise that gets things accomplished. We the people want a government that will incorporate ideas from all sides not because of their position on the political spectrum, but because of their ability to help our country in a good way. Our country is mired in debt and war. We are still in the midst of a deep recession. And there is a sense that we have lost our way. None of these are entirely the fault of one party anymore so than the other. But through the strength of the unique American spirit and the creativity of Yankee ingenuity, this blogger is certain that America can yet come back and lead the world again if we ourselves are lead by pragmatism and common sense.