Oh, If They Would Only Heed Me

I would advise those Democratic politicians in Congress to stop looking ahead to the next election and instead focus on doing what they were sent to Washington to do. Which is to represent their constituents and the broader interests of the country. They were elected as Democrats, and as such their electors already knew that this party was the "liberal" party and would pursue legislation that had a liberal/leftist imprint on it. It never ceases to confound me how people are suddenly "waking up" to discover that we have liberals in power! Considering how they elected them in the first place, I can only assume that a very large segment of our voting population either is extremely ignorant or suffers from memory impairment. Or perhaps they just sway to and fro, according to what they perceive as the prevailing political mood being portrayed in the media. In any event, it is frustrating that, regardless whether a politician is conservation or liberal, they have to cater to this overly malleable group of voters to win an election. Especially when it concerns the Presidency or politically divided districts and states!

So to my elected officials, be you Republicans or Democrats, just center yourselves in the present and delegate the matters concerning your reelection campaigns to others in your staffs. Your votes are crucial in the year to come, and they need to be cast by responsible representatives and senators, not hack politicians!