• I want President Obama to fail at any attempt to strengthen the stranglehold of unions on business in this country.
• I want President Obama to fail in any action that would infringe upon my individual rights.  For example, I want President Obama to fail at any action:
  • that would infringe upon freedom of speech whether it be public or private, on radio or TV, on the Internet,  in print, or elsewhere (be there such);
  • that would infringe upon my 2nd amendment rights as they stand today; or
  • that would infringe upon any other of my individual rights
• I want President Obama to fail in any initiative that increases the number of persons dependent on welfare; for example, I want him to fail in his effort to reverse the successful Welfare to Work provisions made possible by Newt Gingrich, his Congress, and the Contract with America.
• I want President Obama to fail at his efforts to increase State dependency on the federal government and further dilute their rights under the 10th Amendment.
• I want President Obama to fail at nationalizing banks, forcing banks to take loans they do not request, forcing banks to write off loans they have the legal right to collect on, or forcing them to make more risky loans.
• I want President Obama to fail at any attempt to give citizenship to illegal aliens.
• I want President Obama to fail at all attempts to expand the role of the federal government in health care.
• I want President Obama to fail at any attempt to implement Cap and Trade.
• I want President Obama to fail at enlarging government in any way.
• I want President Obama to fail at bailing out the auto industry.
• I want President Obama to fail at raising my taxes in any way.
• I want President Obama to fail at slandering capitalism or dismantling what few remnants of capitalism are still alive in this economy.

The above is just my spur of the moment short list.   Somebody needs to start a web site to address specifically all the many discrete plans, dreams, attempts, etc., on which We the People want President Obama to fail.

I had a lot of respect for Michael Steele until I heard him call Rush an entertainer.  Would he call Laura Ingraham an entertainer?  How about Sean Hannity or   Glen Beck?  SNL is entertainment.  Stephen Colbert is an entertainer.    Does Steele consider Rush's opinions and strategy to be nothing more than truthiness?  If so, I beg to differ.

Michael Steele's comment was an undeserved insult to Rush and, I would add, to his listeners.   In making the comment, Steele denigrated the value of Rush Limbaugh's opinions and contribution to Conservative thought.   However, the greater downside of Steele's comment is that it reveals a worrisome lack of political courage on his part.   Steele agrees with the principles that Mr. Limbaugh so boldly and fearlessly advocates.   So, why not say so?

Individual rights and capitalism are under attack.  Meanwhile, the GOP has been groping for several years for a marketable identity instead of standing up for, and voting in line with the principles of freedom it ostensibly stands for. It is time to retire GOP leaders who place value in things like being able to reach across the aisle instead of defending our liberties.  The GOP needs leaders who can persuasively convey and courageously defend our constitution and our liberty.    Watching who says what about Rush will give us a good clue who to pay attention to.