It is said that "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." We got a taste of what happens when one political party wielded absolute power in 2009-10, when the Democrats held the White House, the House of Representatives, and had a fillibuster-proof majority in the Senate. The only place they fell short, was in the Supreme Court, which was a narrow 5-4 conservative edge. Even long time Democrats were dismayed over the actions of their own party. For that year and several months before Teddy Kennedy died, and was replaced by a Republican who campaigned on the platform that he would be "the 41st vote," the Democrats had no interest in compromise. Hell, they didn't even want to hear the Republican point of view.
Apparently, the people didn't like it very much. In the elections of 2010, the Democrats lost the House of Representatives. They lost six more seats in the Senate, too, but maintained a 51-47-2 edge. The two "independents" (Bernie Sanders, Socialist, Vermont and Joe Lieberman, Independent, Connecticut), vote with the Democrats.
The mood of the public is, in a word, "ugly" toward the Democrats. Despite polls that show Obama being personally popular, most indicate a tight race between him and Romney. Democrats are in danger of losing the Senate, too. Several prominent Democrat senators are retiring, plus the Dems have to defend 23 seats, while the Republicans are defending 11.
Another omen looming on the horizon, is the recall election of Scott Walker in Wisconsin. Every poll shows that Walker will beat back the Democrat attempt to recall him, by anywhere from three to seven points. (Some are within the margin of error; others show a clear win for Walker.) The national Democrat party recently cancelled a significant media advertizing buy, and Obama, while paying "lip service," had not been to the state to campaign for Walker's opponent, as it would be a huge embarrassment for, and repudiation of him, should he do so, and then Walker wins. Perhaps the Democrats' internal polls are showing Walker winning by as much as 10-15 points, and the Dems are cutting their losses. But this is politics, and you never know.
Besides, it's not who votes that counts, but who counts the votes. That was made abundantly clear to Norm Coleman, who "lost" to Al Franken by a handful of votes in Minnesota, with the assistance of a Democrat Secretary of State (chief state election officer) named Marc Ritchie. (And wasn't that the state where Democrat operatives slashed the tires of vans rented by Republicans who were going to use them to transport homebound voters to the polls?)
Make no mistake, politicians from street sweeper to president, will do whatever they can, within the law,to maintain their hold on power. Their supporters and party members will go beyond that. OK, I've mentioned a few Democrat "indiscretions," but the Republicans have pulled some election stunts that were, shall we say, "less than ethical." The 1972 break in at the DNC HQ at the Watergate complex comes to mind, as well as the Republican operatives breaking into the office of Daniel Ellsburg's psychiatrist. (Ellsburg leaked the "Pentagon Papers." Find out more by Googling "Pentagon Papers" or "Daniel Ellsburg.")
The bottom line, is that most of them are a bunch of damned crooks. I think the honest ones could be counted on one hand; possibly two. A good start, would be for the people to descend on Washington with torches and pitchforks, tar and feather the lot of them, then throw them in the Potomac River. (Then make me king.

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