I have a similar sense of humor and I hate it when people don't get me. I get you. It's you and me, man! We're like Thelma and Louise!!

I think tibby2 was being facetious.

Perhaps, but he should have been smart enough to not say something like that out loud.

The DEMs were always larger than the GOP but much more disorganized. They finally got their get-out-the-vote programs working and improved their voter fraud efforts. They may be unstoppable now.

When it comes to the Conservatives vs the Republicans argument, I think we can agree/disagree on Mr Boehner and Mr McConnell's political purity. But, I believe, without doubt, that they are both politically inept. I believe Mr. Goldberg wrote an article about that several years ago. The GOP just cannot stop advertising their playbook. When Mr. McConnell said that his main goal was to make Mr. Obama a one-term president I had to slap my face in amazement that he would actually come out and say such a stupid thing. The morons at MSNBC were happy to pick that up and run with it for three years. Time for new GOP leadership.

I cringe whenever smart men like Mr. Goldberg refer to socialists as 'liberals'. I know. I know. The meaning of the word has changed to the pejorative that it is now but there never was a proper word to replace liberal. To call ourselves 'classical liberals' just doesn't do it. I hate to sound like a, well, current 'liberal' but we need to take that word back. Mr Goldberg, Mr Will, Mr Krauthammer, myself and I dare say, most of you are LIBERALS. We care about liberty of the individual over the aggrandizement of the state or group. Mr. Obama, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Pelosi disagree. Until conservatives accomplish step one and properly define themselves, they won't be able to move on solving important problems that we currently face.

As usual I agree with Mr. Goldberg. As usual the article is well considered and written. Then in the last paragraph the one example that he gives that would demonstrate a good example of federalism are marijuana laws?!?? Really? Let's see, what other socialist agenda could we cave on? Let states lower their age of consent or let them ban religion while we're at it. The Democrats have become the useful idiots of the socialists and many Republicans have become the useful idiots of the pot-heads.

Interesting that you recall Lincoln in this discussion of federal power and states' rights. After Lincoln the relationship between the states and federal government changed and hasn't been the same since. I thought Mr. Goldberg wanted LESS federal power.

Wow. I'm reading Charles every week now. Very well written. He hits the nail on the head.

The term Liberalism properly describes who we are (America is a free-market liberal democracy) but that word got hijacked a hundred years ago and now even the Right uses the word 'liberal' to describe socialists ceding the word that properly describes THEM. Hell, we can't even define ourselves properly. Read Hayek's, "The Road to Serfdom". He explains it well. The Right needs to start over, use terms and definitions properly and build from there. Unless you understand what Liberalism really is, you won't be able to identify socialism, fascism or any other planned economy that is a threat to Liberalism.

It's over. The American people voted for more socialism across the country, not just the national election. Several states voted to legalize drugs making us more incapable of organized thought. This past election was our last chance before stepping off the slippery slope. I think things will accelerate rapidly and in a few years we'll all be amazed and how bad our situation has gotten. It won't be long until the socialists and islamists will be picking over what's left then they'll go after each other. It's over.