Welcome to Campaign Season 2012

Welcome to Campaign Season 2012

Welcome to Campaign Season 2012

Republicans will sweep to power in the House after tomorrows midterms, and the socialist revolution will become irrevocably stalled. Liberal tax and spend ideology is sure to be handily rejected by mainstream America, and what will remain for Democrats once the tidal wave recedes will be a wasteland of failed opportunity.

With Republicans in control of the House, the next two years will see little in the way of accomplishments out of Washington. The House will allow nothing which advances President Obama's agenda, and the President will veto anything Republicans slip through. Both sides of the aisle know this and with bipartisanship nonexistent, we should not expect any meaningful legislation. What Americans can expect to see after the close of midterm election season is an immediate opening of campaign season 2012.

It is not surprising that Republicans are already posturing for 2012 before the votes are counted in 2010. The only way to advance the big picture agenda of returning the foundations of capitalism and tradition to Americans is to spend the next two years riding the wave of voter referendum against President Obama's far-left policies. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has already made clear that "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."

An Associated Press-Knowledge Network Poll, tracking a group of people and their views since the beginning of the 2008 presidential campaign, recently found that 47 percent of Democrats now say President Obama should be challenged for the nomination in 2012. This poll along with dismal approval ratings clearly illustrate that two short years after hope and change, Democrats are split at the seam.

Democrats are undoubtedly gearing up for 2012 just as Republicans are, but in a wake of failed economic and social policy, they are left to fight what is sure to be a bitter campaign with no accomplishments and no message that voters will buy sight unseen this time around. As a result, we are sure to see a significant escalation of the divide and conquer' attack strategy that Democrats have found limited success with this year.

For the next two years the left is sure to bombard the internet, airwaves, and universities with personal attacks against specific Republican candidates they view as vulnerable. This after all, will be the only way for them to blur the issues of their failed ideology with the independent vote which they relied upon in 2008 and attacked in 2010. It is truly the only Democratic option.

If Republicans are able to avoid this game and quickly unify under the slightly more libertarianistic view of the tea party movement, they will have the opportunity to hold onto a large number of independent voters which they are sure to reclaim in 2010. It is clearly the Republican's race to lose.

Posturing by both sides is already underway for 2012, and this time around Democrats come out of the gate as the desperate underdogs. The left's mastery of attack strategy and questionable journalistic ethical standards are sure to make this one of the nastiest political races in memory. How Republicans respond will determine the fate of our nation. Sit back and hold on tight, its sure to be a long and wild ride. Welcome to campaign season 2012.

- J Michael Nelson

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