Oh My...

On the one hand Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts is a good thing. The proverbial "wake up" call to Obama and the Democrats. "Figure it out or you're out...!"

On the other hand it's a nightmare because we have now taken the ability of Obama to accomplish anything away from him and given it to the Republicans.

Here's the part that I don't get:

Imagine that you hired a carpenter to work at your house. Imagine that, over a period of time, he screwed up everything that he touched, but, naturally had a very good reason for the failure.

But, nevertheless, he was a failure at fixing up your house.

So....you fire him and hire a different carpenter, one who says he can fix the problem in short order. He doesn't have much experience (neither did the first guy mind you, who seemed to have a bit more and came from a good family) But he's attractive and knows a few famous people, locally, who say he's very nice. And articulate. And clean.

Then, much to your consternation, he doesn't get it done within the timeframe that you anticipated...not a timeframe that he had claimed he could deliver in but one that you imagined would be fair.

So, you put him on notice and bring in another guy to help.

You hire...

Wait..drum roll please...

THE FIRST GUY...!

That is, essentially, what happened last night in Massachusetts. The voters, in their understandable frustration and anger at the state of the country economically, elected an untested Republican so he can go to Washington and join his brethern in obstructing Obama in realizing his agenda.

Who created the mess we're in? Who created Iraq and Afgahnistan? Who deregulated Wall Street which led to the meltdown in the economy? Who allowed the insurance companies to make hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars from outrageous health care premiums? Who disempowered the EPA, helping contribute to a crisis in the environment?

Yeah, sure, that's a good idea. Let's bring back the guys responsible for the whole mess. Now I understand that Democrats from Kennedy through Johnson, Carter and Clinton (and now Obama) have their fair share of responsibility. But I'm not talking about 15 or 20 or 30 or 40 years ago. I'm talking about right now. I'm talking about the legacy of what W left to Barry.

We'll see...we'll see...

But "gird your loins", as Stanley Tucci's character says in The Devil Wears Prada (arguably one of Meryl Streep's greatest performances.)

Here comes Sarah...!