"Republicans, Now Is the Time"

The political dynamics have changed rapidly in the last twelve months. Does that mean that Democratic victories in Virginia and Loudoun County in recent years were an anomaly, or can public sentiment swing back again just as quickly? There is no doubt that many Virginia voters oppose what is coming from Washington: federal takeover of banks and the auto industry, and the intent to take over health care and the instituting of extreme energy policies. It is also true that Republicans and conservatives in Loudoun County and Virginia worked harder than ever to earn the 2009 Republican sweep, and we have to get used to hard work.

Now we need our strong majority in the House of Delegates and statewide office to deliver on their campaign promises: cooperation to build roads, no increase in taxes, strong free market economic policy, and quality education.

Meanwhile, we (the citizen activists, the grass roots), need to persist in promoting the vision of our founding fathers: limited government, personal responsibility and maximum liberty. The media mischaracterize the Tea Party movement as a fringe group that selfishly doesn't want to pay more taxes. Nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is that many Americans understand that the excessive spending by our federal government will starve the capitalist system and keep it from growing the economy out of the recession. This will saddle your children and mine with national debt for decades to come. In addition, the excessive regulation and government interference in the private sector will further destroy the market economy that has made the United States the economic wonder of the world. Capitalism has been vilified by liberals for decades and our schools have failed to teach the superiority of free market capitalism over planned economy models which increasingly restrict business and consequently, personal freedom.

To answer the rhetorical question I raised above: no, the democratic victories were not an anomaly, and yes, public sentiment can swing back from our Republican victories just as quickly. We must succeed in the next few years doing what the 1994 Republican Revolution failed to do: to constrain government at the federal, state and local level. Benjamin Franklin worried that "when the people find they can vote themselves money it will herald the end of the Republic."