Sith versus Jedi...

Honestly, I hate these sort of analogies, but I'm playing along for a specific reason.

Obama is on a whirl-wind tour of the West to stump for Dems that have fallen behind in the polls, and other Dems (either not lucky enough to warrant the President's attention, or too far gone to matter) are trying to get Bill Clinton to show up. No matter who is stumping, the message always seems to be the same: the reason the economy is STLL failing is the GOP/Bush/Tea Party... NOT because of the Democrats who are currently running the show.

Just a month ago, Pelosi was bragging that this Congress was the most effective in modern history. She had led the House (and Reid the Senate) through more comprehensive legislation enactment than any other Congress since the New Deal (according to her). Now those same Congressmen and Senators are looking to get help from the "Jedi Masters" in any way, shape or form that they can... because America is seeing the value to the 110th/111th Congressional records in real, measurable and specific terms.

The messages being sent from all corners of the Democratic party are shockingly similar: its not our fault. That's is the summa theoreticum of the Democratic message this cycle. We did what we could, and passed what we did, but if it isn't working or the voters aren't happy... the blame is with the opposition party and the conservative movement behind the "Tea Party" banner that is waving across America.

The messages themselves all seem to be geared towards a "young" crowd, too. The Dems are not giving these speeches at libraries, but at gymnasiums... on college campuses, quads and lecture halls. They are full of popular references to the culture of the "30-something" crowd and those younger still... not to anyone our age (who are probably the ones most feeling the pinch of the Great Recession, by the way). The only possible exception is the recent run to those voters well into their retirement years, with the message there being that the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would bring about an end to affordable medical coverage for anyone in retirement (patently untrue). Perhaps the "Star Wars" references are less with this crowd than they'd otherwise be.

In short, the Dems are really trying to sell themselves as the victims, and they are doing it in front of the youngest block of voters they can find (in general) with catchy phrases and references to pop culture.

Where are the ads or speeches DETAILING the failings of the last two Congresses? In the current Congress ALONE (the 111th), we have seen 22 MAJOR pieces of legislation passed, and NONE of them have impacted our economy in a meaningful manner at all (at least in a positive manner).

For example, in Feb of this year, they passed the "Statutory Pay-as-you-Go Act" that was intended to put back into effect the requirements that any bill contain the means by which it is paid for within its pages. This was the norm from 1994 until 2002, when Bush repealed the Act, and I feel this (former) Act was very nearly entirely responsible for the elimination of our national deficit in 1998.

So, why hasn't the new version had a positive impact on Governmental spending? Because, unlike the original Bill, this one has no fewer than 60 Congressional exemptions (I quit counting after the Congressional exemptions... the Executive ones seemed even more extensive) from the limits of the Bill, including the spending made on the Postal Service (running at a complete LOSS now for two years), AmTrack, the VA, all the way to Fannie Mae and Freddi Mac. The largest, most bloated and expensive aspects of the Federal Budget are OUTSIDE of the new PAYGO Act.

Where is the reminder to American voters that THIS is the legacy of Democratic control of Congress in light of the upcoming elections? Where is the voice of Obi Wan Kenobi in the GOP message?