They must be kidding!

In this morning's Washington Post, Democratic pollster/politico's Doug Shoen and Pat Caddell argue that Democrats can avoid a bloodbath in November if they switch their priorities to those of the Tea Parties, namely: lower taxes and spending and general fiscal discipline. When i read this, I thought for a second about whether it was April 1, since it seemed like an April fool joke. Obama and the Obamacrats switch to lower spending, lower taxes and fiscal discipline. This is like going to a crack house and telling those who are their smoking crack that they would do better if they switched to drinking coffee. The Democrats are addicted to high spending, higher taxes and waste. They have done everything except introduce a spending bill entitled "No dollar left behind".

The truth is that during the Bush Administration the Democrats took up the cry of controlling spending and pretended to be fiscal watchdogs. Of course, the Dems never had to act on this rhetoric, they only used it to bash Bush. It had been over twenty years since there had been an extended period of total Democrat control, so the tax and spend philosophy of the Democrats was a distant memory in the public which enabled the Dems to get away with their posturing as fiscal watchdogs. Now, of course, their cover has be blown. No one in the USA (aside from those in a coma) could ever think of the Obamacrats as careful with spending. Indeed, it is clear that the Dems solution to every issue is to throw money at the problem haphazardly and then to throw some additional money to their special interests.

Caddell and Schoen are correct. The public has had it with never ending spending. Nevertheless, the Dems will not change. November will indeed be a bloodbath for the Dems in my opinoin.