America's Emerging Political Maturity is Good News for Democrats

[SoDesuKa]

Republicans have traditionally exploited America's wishful thinking that they can have something for nothing. They either define problems away or pledge to solve them at no cost to the taxpayer. That era is coming to a close the longer the recession drags on and nobody seems able to do anything about it.

With few exceptions, voters "hire" the Democrats when they need to get serious. Bush declared a couple of wars and didn't even ask for a tax increase. When he couldn't get the economy moving, the country once again turned to the party that gets it done - the Democrats.

The 2010 election that returned the House to the GOP was in all likelihood just a hiccup. Voters are reluctant to give up their dream of success on the cheap. But now that the voters are growing up, they're putting childish fantasises behind. The wars won't end themselves; and the economy won't get back on track by itself either.

The Ryan budget is a primitive attempt to get serious about the trouble we're in. However, its central theme "Lets screw the seniors" isn't going over well either with seniors or with people who are planning to be seniors in the next twenty years. In the meantime, Americans are not buying what Republicans are selling - easy victories at no cost. That's a vain hope, and Americans are finally wising up.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. wishful thinking

I see no evidence of the asserted "emerging maturity".

[KG]

4. +infinity

[southernyankeebelle]

6. I agree. Until people put the race of the president behind them and really open their eyes and stop

putting the blame all on Obama and come to the table and compromise we will continue to have this stalemate. The compromise on only wanting the republican way only isn't flying. McConnell saying they will hold out for deep cuts in medicare before they raise debt ceiling nothing will be done. The republicans will lose big time and they should. You can't keep hitting the lower incomes and thinks the lower classes will say OK.

[liberal N proud]

2. People have to wake up to the scam some time

Preferably before its too late.

[Scuba]

3. I would disagree that Ryan's budget is "a primitive attempt to get serious "...

...I think it is an out-and-out attempt to legalize thievery.

I agree that the People are beginning to awaken and take on a "political maturity" and are doing a better job of questioning what they hear and challenging their leaders.

Let's hope we're right, and that the corruption of our elections from electronic systems to Citizens United has not progressed to the point we can stop what has been happening for 30 years. Some would argue we've already passed the "tipping point". If not, one more round of Republican rule should ensure that we do.

[jp11]

5. It seems unsustainable when democrats don't do enough, turning the tide slightly to the

alleged 'left' isn't the same as damming it up or pushing that SOB back where it came from. Then you have things like democrats who don't fight for the future of their party, unions, voter disenfranchisement, beating back republican spin/lies/message control as well as the corporate media not reporting the truth but the republican slant on just about everything.

All we are seeing is another opportunity handed to democrats by a party that goes after what it wants and thankfully for the democrats what that party wants isn't what Americans want, so democrats will seize on it instead of making those opportunities themselves with policy that Americans want.

[gordianot]

7. Our history is full of examples of waking up at the last moment lets hope once again.

Media wants a close race and are willing to promote this message in spite of GOP unwillingness to declare candidacy against Obama.

[mwb970]

8. I hope you're right.

My confidence in the average American voter is zero.