The Party Not of Jefferson

It's time we stop, hey what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
--Buffalo Springfield

Over the past few months the activities of Congressional Republicans have been subject to scrutiny on these pages--often with criticism. Because the GOP tends to be slightly closer to the ideal of liberty than the Democrats, and because last November's election breathed some Constitutional life into that side of the aisle, this group may represent our final hope to turn the country's fiscal situation around in a proactive manner.

As such, we must work this group hard as hard as we can.
This group must pick up the slack for the truly pathetic performance of Congressional Democrats.

Consider the current budget deficit fiasco. Here is a group that had a majority in both houses and yet decided that it was not in their political best interest to craft a budget ahead of last Fall's election. Two or three extensions later, we now face an 'Armeggedon' August deadline and Hill Democrats have not put forth one fiscal bill for vote. All the while Democrats are trying to hold Republicans accountable should no agreement be reached by 8/2.

The core competence of the Democrat Party is political calculation. Hopefully, more people are opening their eyes to what is going on here.

Surely, Jefferson would not recognize the party that once bore his name.