
No Time for Gloating
What happened yesterday was a good thing. For too long, Sacramento has acted with contempt for the will of the voters, forgetting that the one-fortieth or one-eightieth of the state the Democrat legislator represents, after having been elected by less that 30% of the voters in that district (usually in the party primary) is not a mandate to expand government. Voters hit the limit, and said so in resounding tones.
But this is no time for those of us who believe in small government to gloat. We have not yet made our case that more government spending does not make for better government. We do not have the money that the government unions have. They are going to spend that money over the next six weeks to beat back any proposed cuts that are sure to come, and we dont have the resources to counter their propaganda. The war is not over for them. It never is. We have won nothing yet.
I have been through election wins that were squandered when we fell asleep. This is the time to wake up. We have awoken the electorate. They are ready to hear our message. We need to double down now. We need to step up our actions and activities. We need to get… Read More