Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it

With eight weeks to Election Day, many polls report that Republican candidates are better liked than Democrats and the GOP is salivating over what this means for their chances in the mid-term elections. Before they get overly excited over their return to power, just remember this. There is a very powerful voting block of people that are remaining very very quiet: the silent majority.

We hear plenty from partisan observers, both on the left and the right, but how much do we really hear from average citizens, aware of what is going on, forming their own conclusions, but just going about their business? This powerful group knows how close the Republicans and President G.W. Bush came to sinking this beautiful, wonderful country straight into the toilet. At the moment, those potential voters are not motivated as President Obama has not wowed them for many different reasons. But they may be motivated when they realize that their inaction will mean handing the keys back to the Republicans who really got us into this mess.

And despite how much the GOP may want the President to stop blaming Bush, the leftovers from the Bush administration like the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan and the economic mess are the key areas affecting the country today. Criticizing the President for how he is handling those problems is fine, but I haven't heard anything from the GOP aside from the same policies that have stopped working and have left us with a whole pile of bi-partisan debt that is going to have to be paid down no matter how much they want to cut taxes on the rich. I really don't understand how anyone could really believe President Obama could come into office, wave a magic wand and boom, instantly no more war and a robust economy.

PS to all these liberals bashing the President for not doing enough: don't forget the country didn't elect liberal representatives and senators to get the president's back. Maybe you should think about what that means.