Take Down

As of late, Democrats seem to be extremely disturbed whenever they lose a seat in Congress. Early this year there were ten Democratic retirements out of the House (compared to the fourteen Republicans), and two retiring Senate Democrats (compared to six Republicans).

So what's the big deal? It seems as though Democrats should be celebrating; they are losing fewer seats to retirement and resignation than their political nemeses, the Republicans. Why the panic?

There is a reason the Democrats appear to go mental every time they lose a congressional seat. The United States is quickly losing interest in Obama and his leftist Congress. This once super cool, spiffy Obama Promised Land is looking more like a desert of empty promises, and the Democrats know it. There is a segment of Americans who will never be satisfied. They tend to want whatever they don't have. They become angry with whoever is in charge. Unfortunately this section of the populace is driven by self-interest, rallying behind a cry of "I deserve." This sense of entitlement often leads to much action with little or no logical backing.

In 2006, President Bush's second term was under way. This section of entitled, "feel good" Americans decided at that time that the liberal party looked more promising, and voted accordingly. This irrational reaction produced huge gains in Congress for the Democrats.

The ideology of this country is shifting once again. Self proclaimed former liberals are turning into Republicans, and Republicans are finally turning into conservatives. People are often being reminded that nothing the government does is ever as good as the private sector. Only 6 percent of the American people polled believe with confidence that the government bailouts actually helped the economic recovery (that is roughly the same amount that believes that Elvis is still alive and that aliens exist).

Even Congress seems to be losing its faith in the promised Obamaland. As recently announced retiree Evan Bayh stated, the institution of Congress is "in need of serious reform." Perhaps it was this attitude that drove his, and others', retirements.

Congressman Bayh's statement of retirement frightened captain Obama so badly, that Obama himself unsuccessfully attempted, in a sign of desperation, to convince Bayh that the ship wasn't sinking. Apparently, Bayh did not believe him.

Could it be that even liberal congressmen are getting sick of the underhandedness of the Obama administration on topics such as healthcare? Could it be that Americans are seeing through the Obama facade even faster than they got tired of Bush? It took one and a half terms under Bush's presidency for Americas to walk over to the Democratic side of the fence; it took less than one year for Obama to be abandoned. When states like Massachusetts start voting conservatively, I would think it safe to say that Americans are sprinting to the conservative side.

The movement of power back and forth between parties is not necessarily a bad thing. At its best, it keeps the U.S. government getting absolutely nothing done. Just when one party is about to do something radical (like shove a completely unconstitutional healthcare bill through Congress), the people decide that they no longer wish to see the end of the fairy tale Obamaland. And the retiring Democrats, including Bayh, got the memo.