So,Brack Obama is President Elect

I wish him well. May God Bless America, and guide him to to serve the people and the Constitution of the United States for the next four years. I expect, however, to be one of his fiercest critics during that time. I have to stand by what I said earlier.

That said, we have our work cut out for us.

The Federal Courts have a number of open seats, waiting for a Democrat to come in. We have to make sure these judges are originalists. In the past, Republicans have been reluctant to apply ideological litmus tests, or to vote against any nominee who was too liberal. I think we will have to do both, and to get in the dirt, and bloody ourselves as the loyal opposition. The Constitution has a built-in mechanism for changing itself. It doesn't need judges to reinterpret it. If a person feels, as Obama apparently does, that it needs changing, he seems to have to political capital to do just that. That is the only way to ensure that all Americans are treated equally, and fairly.

We must be prepared to stop any Assault Weapon Ban in the Senate, where it looks like they do not have a filibuster proof majority. Let's use that to our advantage. Of course, then there are all the "common sense " gun laws that will do nothing for crime, but greatly infringe on the rights of the law abiding. Don't wait to register your protest. Raise a storm of protest when they come up in the House as well. Who knows, if we raise a big enough stink, we may just build a big enough coalition to knock these bills down before they get rolling.

In my State, we have a one party system-again. Funny how when the party name starts with a D, that no one yammers on over how having one party prevents the other from getting "needed" legislation through. I plan to start working more at the State level. I have not done enough, and that needs to change.