Just wanted to wish you a happy holiday season and wish you luck in your new role as Minority Senate Leader in 2015. I found it interesting that you seem to have convinced yourself that the rollout of Obama Care was what changed your role from Majority Senate leader to Minority Senate leader this past November. According to recent reporting in the New York Times, you said: “We never recovered from the [Obama Care] rollout because the election became one that was directed toward the president. We couldn’t overcome that. I should have seen it coming.”
Unfortunately, Senator, I think you are missing the boat on this one. But before we explore my theory, let’s do some math:
- In the past eight years, a Democrat has been sitting in the White House for six of those eight years.
- In the past years, Democrats controlled the House Of Representatives for four out of those eight years.
- In the past eight years, Democrats controlled the Senate for every one of those eight years and you controlled the Democrats in the Senate for those eight years.
- Thus, for the past eight years, Democrats controlled one of these three government institutions 75% of the time.
Obviously the state of the country and the mood of its citizens owe a lot to the political party that controlled the Federal government for 75% of the time, especially considering that the same political party that controlled 100% of the Federal government for two years in a row. Obviously, that dominant political party was yours, the Democrats.
So back to the original theory. Do you really think that the botched rollout of Obama Care was the Democrats undoing and your relegation to Senate Minority leader? Maybe that was not the only reason.
Maybe the fact that over 15 million Americans are still unemployed or underemployed had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that average household incomes have declined steadily over the past eight years, despite the recession ending years ago, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that minority unemployment rates are still sky high, despite five years of (weak) economic recovery, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the country has experienced the worst post recession recovery in the history of the nation had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government has dug itself an $18 TRILLION national debt hole had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government suffered its first ever credit downgrade had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that about six million Americans lost their current health insurance coverage as a result of Obama Care, a law that was passed entirely on the votes of Democrats, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that millions of Americans are now paying higher health insurance premiums and higher deductibles as a result of Obama Care, a law that was passed entirely on the votes of Democrats, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that Americans never saw that $2,500 annual reduction in their health insurance costs as a result of Obama Care, a law that was passed entirely on the votes of Democrats, as promised by the President had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Obama Care law, that was passed entirely on the votes of Democrats and was unconstitutionally changed almost two dozen times, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Obama Care law, that was passed entirely on the votes of Democrats, has resulted in millions of Americans working less hours or being forced into part time status had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that Jonathan Gruber, a major developer of the Obama Care legislation, a law that was passed entirely on the votes of Democrats, publicly spoke out on how he thought that Americans were too stupid to figure out how bad the law would be had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government spent well over $800 billion on an economic stimulus package, a package that accomplished very little for the vast majority of Americans or the economy, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that many, if not all, of the economic stimulus programs, e.g. Cash For Clunkers, Solyndra, dozens of other Democratic crony energy enterprises, were unmitigated disasters and wastes of taxpayer wealth had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government had record setting annual budget deficits for the past six years had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government left about two dozen Americans to fend for themselves when the terrorist Benghazi siege got underway, a siege that left four brave Americans dead, and then lied about the cause of the disaster, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the White House, members of Congress and the IRS conspired to deny First Amendment rights to groups and individuals who had contrary opinions on issues had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government is now spying on most electronic communications of most Americans, in a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government still wastes billions and billions of taxpayer dollars on idiotic government programs, projects, and grants had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government’s major programs, e.g. Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Obama Phones, welfare, are still infested and infected with waste, inefficiencies and outright criminal fraud, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer wealth every year, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that Democrats in Congress have often called ordinary American citizens racists, Klan members, terrorists, and in one case, a California Congresswoman wished that some citizens would go to hell for simply have a difference of opinion on issues, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government really did not have a plan to deal with the Ebola outbreak when it hit our shores, despite having years, billions in funding, and a dedicated Center For Disease Control to be prepared, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government got the country illegally and unconstitutionally involved in the Libyan civil war, with the resultant Benghazi murders, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the Federal government dramatically underestimated the impact of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, resulting in the rise of one of the most horrific evil entities in history, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that six years into this current Presidency and public schools are still doing a terrible job educating our kids had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that six years into this current Presidency and we still do not have a national energy strategy and plan had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that six years into this current Presidency and we still have not secured our borders had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that veterans across the country are not getting the proper medical care that they were promised had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
Maybe the fact that since you became Senate Majority leader North Korea and Iran are eight years closer to becoming nuclear weapons players owners had something to do with the Democrats' election disaster.
Maybe the fact that since you became Senate Majority leader North Korea and Iran are eight years closer to becoming nuclear weapons players owners had something to do with the Democrats' election disaster.
Maybe the fact that the House of Representatives passed over three hundred pieces of legislation, many of which were sponsored by House Democrats or approved by House Democrats, that you refused to bring up for discussion, debate, or vote in the Senate, rendering this past session of Congress as one of the least productive in history, had something to do with the Democrats’ election disaster.
As you can see Senator Reid, there were a few more factors and drivers involved in the November election disaster results for Democrats beyond a botched rollout of a website. A website process, by the way, that did not work despite years of planning and almost a billion dollars of expense.
The fact that you are so oblivious to the dozens of other factors that are so crystal clear to most Americans means you are 1) that far out of touch with reality or 2) you are in denial of how poorly you and the five hundred or so other Washington politicians have led this country over the past eight years.
Enjoy your new life as Minority Senate Leader, you earned it.
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