Why 2010 Is So Important

The year 2010 may not seem too important to the average American as far as politics are concerned. After all there isn’t a Presidential election this year. But, what the average America does not realize in this case could hurt them. The currently political landscape has the Health Care Bill in center stage. With every delay and objection that is brought forth the passing of that bill gets pushed further and further back. If the democrat majority in Congress is lost this year it could signal an end to this bill (and many others that Congress has been trying to jam down America’s collective throat). And for those of you who are waiting on the important legislation that has been pushed to the side as the health care debate rages on, such as fair/flat tax, then this election should be instrumentally important to you. Overall, regardless of what piece of legislation you think should be the hot topic of today, one thing is for sure, we need to get conservative politicians back in office. Here is how it stacks up:

In the House of Representatives, the current break down is 257 Democrats and 178 Republicans this gives the democrats an overwhelming majority of 59.1%. As we have seen in the previous year, despite rhetoric of bi-partisan politics from President Obama, the democrats have used that majority to push through anything and everything they want. Depending on whose political opinion you are listening to there are anywhere from 16 to 127 seats in the House of Representatives that are truly up for grabs this election year. I like to estimate on the higher end since this has been an unusually volatile year in politics with the majority abusing their power. So assuming 127 seats are up for grabs, based on several different polls, the split looks like this:

Current Incumbent positions up for grabs:
Democrat: 98
Republican: 29

Predicted outcome according to the press:
Likely Democrats: 22
Leaning Democrat: 54
Toss up: 16
Leaning Republican: 22
Likely Republican: 13

What does all this mean? Well, according to the media, the situation is pretty much hopeless for Republicans. Anyway you look at it the Democrats will take the house, but at a minimum, the numbers will look better for the republicans. Let’s keep in mind as well that even though the press thinks that something is a sure win for one side or the other. There are inevitably upsets every time so not a single seat out of all 435 of them is completely safe.

In the Senate, the current break down is 59 Democrats and 41 Republicans, and two independents that might as well be democrats. This again gives the democrats a majority, but numbers wise that majority seems much smaller. In these elections anywhere 36 seats are up for election only 21 are up for grabs (i.e. not a safe bet for one side or the other) this election year. The split for the Senate looks like this:

Current Incumbent positions up for grabs:
Democrat: 13
Republican: 8

Predicted outcome according to the press:
Likely Democrats: 5
Leaning Democrat: 0
Toss up: 8
Leaning Republican: 4
Likely Republican: 4

What does all this mean? According to the media, this is another hopeless situation for the Republicans. The democrats will still wind up with a majority of at least 49 (plus 2 independents who seem to vote democrat more often than not). However, the margin is a lot closer than in the House of Representatives.

So do I tell you all this so you as a good conservative American can be depressed and throw up your arms and say there is no hope? Well, that is what the liberal media wants you to think. I on the other hand will be following the good old-fashioned saying “it’s not over till the fat lady sings.” (and believe you me I want to See Speaker Pelosi singing the blues) I see this as an opportunity to show Americans what we as conservatives are all about. We must get involved NOW! Do not wait! Find the good conservative in your state’s primary and support them like your future and the future of your children depend on it, because it does. Show the world that the conservative American is sick and tired of the way this country has been headed under the current administration.

To help you out a little, may I suggest the reference:

http://www.senateconservatives.com/

…and if anyone knows a good counter part for the house of representatives, please do share.

For those of you who follow me on twitter or facebook: I will over the next few days be looking for those Senators (and later Representatives) who I feel represent conservative ideals in America. I will let you know who they are and if they have a twitter/facebook page. I welcome any and all assistance and finding who is right for America.

THE TIME IS NOW! CONSERVATIVES, STAND UP AND LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD!

A Note to the dissenters: I do realize that generalizations have been used in this post.  While it is not fair to assume that all democrats are liberals and all republicans are conservative, in general that is the way they lean. I would sooner support a conservative democrat over a liberal republican and would gladly support an independent if he were the only conservative running. I hold stronger to my ideals than to any party.