I'll try not to jump off the Stratosphere.

Well, have a great vacation, I'm sure it's much earned.

Yes, I am becoming convinced that the common sense inherent in the DNA of America (which apparently took a vacation itself last November) will shine through & push back against such things as cap & trade, socialized medicine, etc. My worry however is when? Before or after such things pass? You see, if the GOP recreates a 1994 "revolution", & a true conservative (as the Bund defines it) recaptures the White House, I am confident that this reckless barrage of unprecedented spending, programs & government interventionism can be rolled back, be it the bailouts, cap and trade and so on. However, if health care passes, public health care, especially the House version, I fear that although its failings may reward the GOP with electoral victory, that it will NEVER be repealed. It will become as untouchable as Social Security or Medicaid/Medicare.

The Heritage Foundation has estimated that in upwards of 113 million Americans will either voluntarily or involuntarily be compelled to sign up within the first 5 years (again, this is the House version, the only completed package to pass). And Investors Business Daily has uncovered that on page 16 current private policies are "grandfathered in", but in practice writing new private policies would become "illegal." This, in my opinion, is why Obama has oft repeated, "If you like your current health care, you can keep it." That is a much more narrow promise when seen in light of the "page 16 discovery."

This means that it's possible that an exceedingly large amount of those middle class, mainstream, common sense Americans we are depending on to defeat the Democrat Party & their policies will be dependent upon the continued sustaining of public health care. And every election cycle the opposition will hammer Republicans as a Party "wanting your kids to die of disease!"

The only remedy here, in my estimation, is for the GOP (while proposing their own "reforms") to make even the attempt to pass socialized medicine very costly for Democrats. I see shades of this occurring already as one "blue dog" Democrat after another discloses concern over the House bill. So yes Titus, they must propose their own reform, but they must also continue to dramatically point out just how sophomoric & unsustainable the economic policies being espoused by the White House are. The Gingrich model of doing both is a very apt historical lesson here. In fact, "Hillary-Care" and fiscal irresponsibility were both primary ignitors in that "revolution", and here we are again, the same issues. And like then the Democrats have left themselves ripe for a repeat of history, primed for a good shellacking ... so the only question is, whom will step up among the GOP, offering both stinging criticisms & private sector alternatives, & be the Gingrich of the 2010 congressional revolution?