Referendum in Ohio - America At the Crossroad

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Opponents of an Ohio law to limit public workers'  collective bargaining rights have started gathering signatures to get a  referendum on the measure.

In Wisconsin they have recalls, and in Ohio they have referendums.  In both cases, the result is a poison pill for the Republican party, which is going to suffer for it's slap in the face of the will of the American people.

I was pretty excited when the Democrats were thrown from power.  Like Bush, they were continuing to spend America off a cliff.  Republicans came in, promising to restore America's spending habits, and end the fiscal insanity that had rocked the nation for the last 10 years.  What did they do instead?  They went after unions. 

At the national level, the GOP is making a pretense of trying to balance the budget, but their attempt to bust the CWA, by (get this) passing a law in the House which says anyone that doesn't vote in a union election is actually voting NO (George Orwell anybody?), created a backlash among the majority of Americans who support unions.

At the state level, the GOP launched coordinated attacks at the same time in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Nevada, and other states, in an attempt to bust unions.  Why?  Because unions traditionally support Democrats.  Their cynical and psychopathic use of political power against American citizens has resulted in Cheesehead Armageddon, as Wisconsinites have mobilized resources to "throw the bums out".  And yet, the GOP has the audacity to call Americans exercising their Constitutional rights to a democratic process "thuggery".  Who are the thugs?  The unions?  How about the Koch Brothers, and other corporate interests, along with their Republican lackeys, who are attempting to subvert the will of the people, under the guise of balancing the budget?  In Wisconsin this lie has been exposed by their own actions.  What of the budgetary items in Walker's plan?  They have still yet to be passed, and are languishing in Congress, while the union busting provisions were ruthlessly shoved down the throats of Wisconsinites.  There is your smoking gun, folks.

Is it any wonder that Americans have buyers' remorse when it comes to the 2010 elections?  The GOP has lost Wisconsin, as total recall is in full swing.  In Ohio, a referendum is going to make it onto the ballot, and people are pissed at Republicans there too.  The first shots of slash and burn class warfare have been fired by the GOP, and the people are responding.  Right now, it sucks to be a Republican.

The first Republican presidential debate, scheduled for this May, has been rescheduled, due to lack of interest.  Only ONE potential candidate pledged to show up.  Do you think the rest of them know something he doesn't?  After all, who in their right mind wants to run on the platform that has exposed itself in America?  At this juncture, I would have to say to Republicans "Congratulations.  You have just handed the White House to Obama and the Democrats in 2012, and on a silver platter too".  Americans might want balanced budgets, but they don't want "batshit crazy".