It is true that progressive incrementalism over the last 100+ years has gotten us to this point. But I have faith that *IF* we are able to replace Obama with a true conservative like Herman Cain, keep or expand our majority in the House and gain the majority in the Senate (those last two points have been being predicted for the last 6 months or so now, even by the liberals at this point), well - there is A LOT that can be accomplished when you have all of that on your side.
If things keep going as they are I believe that the democrat party may well be either completely toothless after 2012 or possibly not even be the other party option in our political system anymore - with many of the democrats in there now going to the green, socialist, communist, libertarian and even Republican parties. I know, it is really early to be talking about this and I know that this is exactly what the liberals were saying about the conservatives in 2008. But the damage that has been in the last three years is real - it's obvious and it's getting way worse. A blind man could see it and the democrats have nowhere to hide...they had all the power for two of these three years after all. This current situation we find ourselves in is owned by the democrats 100%.
To top all of that off a lot of the stuff I've been reading lately is that we will be into another (did the first one ever end?) recession by the end of this year - it's not a question of if at this point, it's only a question of the severity (
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/10/09/forecast-another-recession-is-imminent/ ); mild or severe seem to be the two choices. Indications are that the EU may cut Greece loose in the very near future and simply let them fail. Germany is apparently balking at increasing their 'share' of the monetary aid to shore up the euro. If that happens we can expect a severe recession or perhaps even a global depression. Regardless of what happens across the pond at this point it seems like Obama's tied to the economy and the economy is sinking one way or the other and with him, the democrat party.
So I have faith that we will be very successful in the upcoming election cycle and a conservative president backed by a Republican congress could get an awful lot of good done and roll back an awful lot of leftist garbage. The one thing that does worry me however, is the election after this and the one after that. After all, if we as a country, were STUPID enough to elect Obama in the first place and hand over the reigns of power to the socialists well...that worries me quite a bit as far as the outlook of our future. So as vital and important as 2012 is (and yes, this upcoming election cycle is the most important we've ever had to date aside from the first as was mentioned earlier), I think that the election(s) in 2016 and 2020 and 2024 (etc) are all going to be equally vital. It's going to be a long, hard slog but we can't simply give up or as Delnorin just said, we'll end up with more Obama's in our future.
I said in an earlier post on this thread that I believed Herman Cain was the best candidate and I'm going to work hard to get him as the Republican nominee; this right now is the vital fight in the upcoming election btw...choosing our nominee. We allowed the Republican establishment (Progressive Republicans I like to call them) choose McCain for us last time. If we allow them to foist Romney upon us this time then all is lost imo. He's not much better than Obama and that means there will be no real win for the country. The vital fight is taking place right now. Even still, if Mr. Cain does not get the nod, it doesn't mean that I'm going to throw in the towel. I'll still vote for whatever excrement sandwich the progressive republicans foist upon us because I have little choice...because not fighting isn't a choice and not voting and allowing the socialists to win...isn't a choice. Period.