Fallen, yes. Defeated, no. Since we still have the "luxury" of elections we may be able to stem this tide of blight. Both parties need to loook at their base principles, if they remember them, and begin to return to them. Real republicans don't need to reinvent themselves, We need only return to the concepts upon which the party was founded. Get the excesses of the past 50 years in perspective and begin to reverse them. Small Federal government, restoration of the rights and responsibilities of the several states, and a direct reading of the

Constitution would be a solid beginning. The Democrats need to look to their roots as well since they are not founded in the quagmire in which we find our country. Until both look back we cannot look forward.

The radical Left currently controls the entire federal government. Until last week, they had a super-majority in the Senate for a whole year. Obama appointed a committed Leftist to the SCOTUS. He also treated the compliant media like the lapdogs they clearly are. That includes Hollywood, the music industry and the publishing industry. And our public education system is a de facto Leftist indoctrination factory.

With firepower like that, no wonder Obama was able to push through nearly all his radical Leftist anti-American agenda last year. He passed cap & tax, Obamacare, nationalization of the every major industry, resurrection of the Fairness Doctrine that he promptly used to shut down FOX News and talk radio, and he seized control of the Internet to lock out Conservative bloggers and websites.

Oh wait, that's right, he didn't actually accomplish ANY of those things. He had some successes, but even his favorite pet project -- Obamacare -- was handed one stunning defeat after another. How on Earth could that have happened when the man clearly does control the entire federal government? The Republicans certainly didn't block anything; they lacked the votes to block an intersection at rush hour.

We blocked it. All of it. Mr Prelutsky, Mr Will, Mr Beck, Mr Limbaugh, Ms Malkin, Mr Prager, Ms Coulter, and lots of other pundits all worked very hard to deliver information to the American people. And the people took that info and ran with it.

They wrote letters, sent faxes, sent emails, made phone calls, wrote editorials, demonstrated by the thousands and tens of thousands all over the country. In short, regular people lifted up their voices and made their displeasure known to those elected officials in Washington doing Obama's bidding. The message was "pass that crooked crap and we'll toss you out on your fat butt, bub."

Republicans didn't block anything. Democrats did. Democrats broke ranks in large numbers, over and over again. They were afraid to vote with Obama because Americans were angry. And they knew Obama wouldn't be up for re-election in 2010 -- they would be.

Look at the polls now. 55% or more oppose Obamacare. 51% oppose abortion (first time in more than 30 years that's been true). Nearly half have realized global warming is a hoax -- more than those who still believe it's a real "crisis." Three-fourths believe the bailouts and stimulus schemes have been massive failures filled with corruption. A majority believe we're accomplishing something good in Iraq.

We're winning those arguments. Despite all that firepower, Obama is losing every one of those arguments. He's got the media propaganda machine working for him -- lying for him -- and he's still losing. He's got the schools filling our kids with Marxist lies -- and he's still losing. He's got the entire entertainment industry working overtime to peddle his agenda -- he's still losing.

Obviously, con jobs aren't as effective as they once were. Against the hard facts, they don't stand a chance. Provided we can get those facts out to people. So the Left is reduced to laughable lies, like trying to sell the con that MA voters defected to Scott Brown because they were still mad at Bush. Yeah, that's why they voted for the Republican in a solid-blue state, because they were sick to death of Republicans. Only someone who believed that people are incredibly stupid would even attempt such an argument.

We're winning. And we've got the most important mid-terms in 16 years coming up this year. It's time to turn up the heat and CRUSH this ultra-Leftist radical coup before they can do any lasting damage to this exceptional country.

Michael, I am glad you admitted that "our public education system is a de facto leftist indoctrination factory." I know it to be so and I can recognize indoctrination when I see it. I don't care which readers, pundits, politicians, writers, or otherwise products of such public school system deny it, I know it to be true.

The American public school system, with a few exceptions, is a an organization teeming with communist idealogues and parents have no idea or do not care what goes on in the classrooms.

I hope and pray, this is a wake up call and Americans reclaim their children's right to a proper education paid through taxation. Such education should be delivered by graduates of Arts and Sciences colleges as opposed to the College of Education.

People who did not pay attention were duped by hope and change. Our population wants something for nothing and wants everyone else to pay for it. We need to get across to people there is a culture crisis in this country. Pay close attention to those running for office. Question them. Everyone was afraid to question Obama for being labeled a racist and that is the way he wanted it. Being from Illinois, I watched Mister Smooth and "intelligent" along with his Chicago "MOB" and knew it was Not going to be what everyone thought it to be. We must be vigilant and never let this happen again.

That is what the German's are tought in school Learn and watch and listen and never let this happen again.

it is my hope and prayer that we as Americans wake up and see these that are trying to steal our hertitage from us and our children, we need get up off our fannys and start calling our congress and senate and let them know they will be held accountable for theiir actions--God Bless America again