Which Way Now, America?

Guest Post by Jeff Perren

At Breitbart’s “Big Government” site I offer a few words on the implications of the recent election results for the future of freedom in America.

There’s much good news from the elections, but first let me wet blanket some of the fires of enthusiasm. Republican majority or Democrat, it remains the case that so long as the Dept of Health and Human Services, the EPA, the Federal Reserve, and the like still exist the Federal government will continue to do great harm. That will still be true even if a better-than-Reagan Republican wins in 2012.
    Now, for the election analysis — including lots of good news from the events of Nov. 2.
    There’s no doubt the American electorate in many, many places rejected the Obama-Pelosi-Reid anti-Constitutional approach to government, i.e. Progressivism.
    That’s clear, even though the Republican pickup in the Senate was disappointing, especially with the re-election of Harry Reid. Take a look at Republican gains in the State legislatures: 650-700 seats, compared to 505 in 1994. That’s huge.
    There’s bad news to be sure...

Read the rest here...

The accompanying graphic alone makes it worth a look. About that, one commenter said (paraphrasing): "Go one way and you walk off a cliff, the other leads to freedom. Keep going straight and you smash into a wall."

Wish I'd said that.

Thanks,

Jeff

P.S. I also highly recommend Dr. Paul Hsieh's article at Pajamas Media: GOP, Dance With the One Who Brung You. It wasn't Paul's (or my) intention, but I think the two are very complementary.

As he makes starkly clear, it will be vital for the Republicans to follow up on their (admittedly, weak-tea) promises to enlarge freedom in America. That's vital both for their viability as an alternative political party, and our futures—if we Americans are to have one as free citizens.