In addition to federal super-majorities, Democrats hold majorities in state governments. Bush / Cheney, “bitter gun-clingers" and 'religious fanatics' have been sweep from the political stage in the aftermath of the current economic “9/11" or “Pearl Harbor" as the oracles say.
Sarcasm aside, or rather, the gnashing and frothing partisanship for the past eight years aside, Americans have handed Democrats the keys to the republic based on campaign promises reminiscent of grade school elections.
The deal in a nutshell was, 'if you—American public—vote us into power, we—the Democrat Party—will make all your dreams come true. Such promise came with the assurance it would take about the same time for Democrats to solve every problem as an iTunes download.
Controlling all three branches now, there are no roadblocks to impede Democrats to revitalizing the American dream destroyed by Bush/Cheney and their Haliburton Capitalist sycophant ilk (hopefully that adequately captures the hard left's hatred for W). Democrat congressional leaders have further preemptively killed any resistance to their agenda by barring Republicans’ ability to amend congressional bills. Key legislative committee and cabinet positions are stacked with filibuster proof numbers.
In other words, all those great ideas Democrats promised to pass in the first 100 days of office should pass as easy as an uncontested Lebron James lay-up or Adam Vinatieri PAT. It is a five on one fast break for at least the next few years.
Without resistance, there is no excuse for mediocre results. The real judgment, then, will be the results produced by Democrat policy under Pelosi, Reed and Mr. Obama. As another change agent once said, "By their fruits ye shall know them."
What today's inauguration really marks for America is moving beyond campaign platitudes to actual results on Main Street. Outside the D.C. bubble, political speech doesn't pay the mortgage, warm homes, build retirement accounts, pay for college, create jobs or put food on the table. Democrats guaranteed America their policies would deliver real world results. That was the deal we signed off on.
I hope America succeeds irrespective of political parties. What I mean by America succeeding is prosperity, liberty and security. Contrast to eight years of Democrats declaring Iraq a lost war, making salacious allegations against the sitting President, Vice President, and military, publicly calling a war-time U.S. general a traitor, passing Senate resolutions condemning private citizens exercising free speech, inciting world hatred against the U.S., politicizing national security and in general, acting like an insufferably spoiled child throwing a tantrum in a toy store.
Lacking a stomach for bitter partisanship, Americans have handed over control of every branch of government to Democrats. Even still, I'll be the first conservative to commend Democrats on a job well done if they pursue a platform producing economic opportunity and prosperity for all Americans, fosters and rewards entrepreneurialism, limits regulation, limits government intrusion into private citizens' lives, advances human liberty, limits wasteful spending, limits budget deficits, advances respect for life, advances religious liberty and makes America a safer country.
Admittedly, that's a tall order. But, I didn't make the promises. W has ridden off into the sunset. Dick Cheney is pheasant hunting somewhere in South Dakota. Haliburton is facing oil below $35 per barrel. Conservative dissent is reduced to a few pathetic A.M. and cable stations. Republicans in Congress are spinelessly wilting at every turn. Meanwhile, government halls are packed to the ceilings with socialists.
Americans have handed over what is equivalent to a blank check to the "Yes we can" party. It's time for Democrats to deliver results.
