Obama will do to the U.S. what 4 passenger jets were unable to accomplish.

Yes, Charles, we get it. How many columns are you going to have on this issue? Time to move on...

I will link to this from my Old Jarhead blog. 2012 will be the last chance to turn the Republic away from the abyss. I wish we had about five more RINOs like Mike Castle in the Senate, giving us a Republican Majority and putting conservatives in control of the committees, but we don’t. Conservatives are now sharply divided, ripping each other over should we take the best deal we can get on the debt and try to win in 2012, or do we hold out until for everything, take the risk the media will allow the left to blame a crash on the GOP, killing chances for conservative control in 2013. When conservatives are blasting each other, Obama has to be smiling. I think fiscal disaster, civil unrest and Greek-style entitlement riots are in our future.

Robert A. Hall

Author: The Coming Collapse of the American Republic

(All royalties go to a charity to help wounded veterans)

Yes, Charles, we get it - but evidently many others don't (translation: those in congress) - so don't stop saying it!

I'm not a fan of compromise, but your clear and insightful analysis points out that this battle is won by not arming Obama and the Democrats for the battle of 2012.

The GOP is schooled well in the art of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, The liberal socialists are willing to do and say anything and are much more adept at the game of politics. Too bad the game affects our lives while the 500 plus "leaders" in DC continue on a daily basis to break their oath to us.

I heard today that the fed govt sends out 80 million checks each month. Sounds like America is far gone and lost.

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You've convinced me, Charles. And I've been pretty much sticking with don't raise the ceiling. Excellent points. Who called politics the art of the possible?

But no Canada invasion? My heart is broken. I was hoping the White House would be the Pink House one day, better to make the blue sky glow. :(

@Jeremy: The man writes what's on his mind. You don't have to read it.

Whether we recognize it or not, America is engaged in a civil war equally as profound as the one fought between North and South.

The outcome of this war will determine whether the current government fully and completely transforms us into an imperialistic monarchy under absolute despotism under obama's total despotism.

As this author noted, we are losing our Republic, our liberty, and our future as surely as if the terrorists of 9/11 had won our unconditional surrender.

What's the alternative. Nothing. DO NOTHING! ! Don't pass any more unconstitutional laws. Don't pass any budgets allowing more taxes, more spending, more debt ceiling increases.

Deal with that.

Then we surrendered unconditionally to the socialist

and not a shot fired!

Ben Franklin said it all when asked what he had given

us: a Republic - now let's see if you can keep it!

Thanks Mr Krauthammer for delivering the message that

all us need to embrace

There used to be an oft-quoted elementry school saying, "Washington never told a lie", Obviously, in today's political climate, it can only refer to the man and not his namesake.

Let's see.

Unemployment higher than at any time in the last 30+ years.

Energy prices out of control, due entirely to the deliberate policies of this radical administration.

Debt at a level unprecedented not just in the history of America, but in the history of our SPECIES. For those who attended public schools, this means Americans today owe more money than any peoples have ever owed before in the history of Man.

A flat economy that would have recovered from the recession on its own more than 2 years ago, if not for the magnificently counterproductive policies of this administration.

A President who scolds us to "quit whining about the high price of gas and just buy [$40,000] hybrid."

A First Lady who has more highly paid servants than Marie Antoinette and who delights in jetting around the country -- and the world -- on our dime, while lecturing everyone about self-sacrifice.

A First Lady who condescends to control what we eat, while continually stuffing her face with high-calorie dishes, as evidenced by her ever-expanding backside.

An administration that more than two years into its term is STILL blaming its predecessor for all the things that are going wrong today.

An administration that looks at polls consistently showing up to 80% of Americans supporting drastic spending cuts and lower taxes, yet calls such support obstructionist and irrational. Hey, Mister President, you're talking to the VOTERS.

And despite all that, here is the inestimable Charles Krauthammer actually urging us to make a deal with these radicals because he fears Obama is too strong to defeat in 2012. Apparently, Mr Krauthammer is unaware of the rumblings in the Democratic Party that perhaps it would be wise to nominate someone else in 2012. When you're the incumbent and members of your own party are ready to chuck you out, that's blood in the water, folks.

The only way Obama wins in 2012 would be cheating. Period. End of story. Now stop this spineless whimpering, stop this reflexive urge to compromise with these radicals, and FIGHT.

"The only way Obama wins in 2012 would be cheating."

And don't assume he won't, or that those who want to see him still in office won't.