If the public wants real reform, it will penalize the people and the party
that failed to provide it. Voters can do more than "throw the bums out."
They can throw these bums out and replace them with freshmen Republicans who
will take office with a reformer's zeal and rebuild the government's
financial house before the Potomac fever virus infects them. With John
McCain and Sarah Palin already committed to reform (as opposed to Barack
Obama's nonspecific "change"), the combination of a new Republican
administration and a Republican Congress that has been chastened by its
defeat in the 2006 election and imbued with a new zeal to change the way
Washington works, could produce a revolution that would have made our
Founders proud.
Polls show many congressional races are tightening. But while Democrats are
bragging about increasing their numbers and producing a "veto-proof"
majority, can the public trust that those who gave us the problem can
provide the solution?
McCain and Palin ought to do more than ask voters to elect them. They should
call for a complete house cleaning in Washington and ask voters to give them
the mop. Real reform won't come with a Republican White House and a
Democratic Congress. And it surely won't come with an all-Democratic
government. While Republicans could have done much more when they held a
congressional majority under a Republican president, they now swear they
have learned their lesson. With the public engaged as never before, even
Republicans wouldn't be able to get away with business as usual this time.
Let the revolution begin! Judgment Day should come on Nov. 4.