A view of the election results from Germany's der Speigel:

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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,727235,00.html

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"The Republicans face two alternatives: Either they can ensure that Obama has no more legislative successes and use their dramatically improved power to block him. Or they can seriously look for issues on which to cooperate with the president."

I truly believe this is the crux of the matter. We need to hold all of their feet to the fire to "seriously look for issues on which to cooperate" without going down the socialism path. Now, whether or not the President can do this is another question. It is not about him and it is not about the Republicans -- IT IS ABOUT THIS NATION -- AMERICA!

We are not like Europe, and we never will be! Let's stop bowing and scraping to everyone in the world and get about putting our own house back in order to SERVE the American people and not DICTATE to them. In keeping American strong and fiscally healthy gives greater service to the world than anything else we can do.

Happy Friday!

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You got it, Bear.

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To serve the American people is to oppose and or block every single one of his policies. There is no common ground with Obama. The crushing defeat they just got handed is a clear message from the American people. STOP Obama and his radicles from distroying our country any further. There must be no compramise with his Socialist leftwing agenda. Two more years and we can finish the job.

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So, to take a perfect example, the GOP wants the Bush tax cuts extended but will allow taxes for EVERYONE to go back up because the Democrats won't budge on extending the tax cuts for the wealthiest? I think that may be the 'telling point' when it comes up because voters so often votes with their wallets.

That's putting partisan politics over national interests.

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Juat as easy to look at it in reverse. Obama would rather see taxes go up than do the actual will of the people. The election was a mandate. Of course Obama doesn't care.

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I loved this part of the article:

"The conservative Die Welt writes:

"The country is experiencing a new version of an ancient dispute over the heart of America. It is about what belongs to the state and what belongs to the citizens. The Tea Party wants less redistribution and more individual responsibility.

"The fall from grace for them was the bank bailout, because for them freedom includes risking failure. Many of the Tea Party people are 'libertarians' who are horrified to see managers on Wall Street make huge profits for years and then see the entire population have to bear their losses.

"That is why the grassroots movement is shy of both parties, who they see as being in bed with big business. Naturally it is unfair that the Democrats bear the brunt of this rage. After all Obama inherited the economic crisis, the bank bailout and the first part of the stimulus program from his predecessor. However, the fact that the president chose to extend the redistributive state through a health reform in the midst of the crisis was the final straw. And unlike most Europeans, the Americans have a clear perception of who ends up paying the bill: the middle class.

"Two years ago, Obama's call for change won him the election. Now the conservative-libertarian part of the population's call for change could cause a political earthquake in the other direction. American politics have become volatile."





http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,727235,00.html