McConnell was bragging the other day about the GOP's obstruction tactics, encouraging that they continue.
I hope democrats win some congressional seats mid-term.
It's going to take some serious organizing and getting people to the polls. In 2010 people seemed to be asleep because of all the campaigning to make Obama President. Many don't understand that many of the real issues affecting them aren't so much on the federal level, even though those issues and policies can be, but a lot of legislation that affects us happens on a local level.....
The Tea Party whines about being "Taxed Enough Already" but don't realize that for the most part the Bush Tax Cuts for them (the middle class) remained in effect. It was both Dems and Pubs that allowed the payroll tax to go back up. The increase in tax isn't so much at the federal level unless you're making over $400K a year...and trust me....If you're making that kind of money as a single person you're not standing out there holding up picket signs calling Obama a "socialist"...wearing some ridiculous outfit you bought at some party store.
The tax increase is coming from the local governments. Many of the regulations are coming from the local governments. Many of the infringement on civil liberties is coming from the local government (i.e. voting rights, civil rights, low wages, high taxes, reduced funding to social programs, increased poverty and the list goes on). Infringing on a woman's right to make her own medical decisions which seems to be at an all time high in the states as well as an agenda to ban the rights of LGBT.... This is happening at a local level in red/purple states by those claiming to be for small government, less government intrusiveness yada..yada....but proving the contrary by the implementation of their policies.
The only way to break this cycle is to organize and vote them out in the midterm
