KLINE: The Election Review

Tuesday was indeed a historic night on so many levels. Aside from record turn-outs in some voting precincts, it was also an evening of record turnovers with Republicans taking one of the biggest majority changes in the House of Representatives in more than 70 years. Republicans were also able to gain ten governorships and six seats in the Senate, but fell shy of about five seats from obtaining the majority over the Democrats.

Although some of the seats up for election seemed to be quite certain of who would win (Tom Corbett over Dan Onorato, Dave Reed over nobody, and Mark Critz over Tim Burns) I was personally surprised over the outcome between Rep. Jeff Pyle and Jo Ellen Bowman. Now, I understand that Rep. Pyle has been in office for a while and does fare well with the majority of the people in his district, but I really thought that momentum built up in the Bowman campaign, along with the fact that she presented herself as a fiscal conservative, would have been enough to show a closer race between her and the incumbent. Of course with every election, there are always instances of surprise in some way.

As I said from the beginning, Tuesday was indeed a historic evening. Conservatives all over the country now have a sense of optimism to see the result of much of their work being realized. The Tea Party movement is indeed very happy to see this first step in hopefully restoring our nation and its government. Of course, with ever step there is greater responsibility. The worst thing we can do now is to take for granted that the newly elected will govern as we hope without watching how they govern. It is very true that a government left to itself will bring their people to oppression.

What we must do is to do all we can to make sure that they are not tainted by the system, and that they do not become as the Republicans that abandoned their principles and became an embarrassment to conservative governing. Tuesday 2010 was a historic day, but so was Tuesday 2006 when the Democrats gained control and Tuesday 2008 when President Obama was elected. However, 46 months later (in contrast to the 22 months that most liberals claim that the Democrats have been in the majority) liberal Democrats have done nothing to help improve or sustain our nation.

It is for this reason and many others that the newly elected do all that they can to try to make a positive difference in our country. If they fail to at least try, all efforts that has been put into this step toward positive change will have been for nothing.

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KLINE: Pray the Vote

Tuesday will also be a pivotal point in our nation’s history deciding whether we will take the next step in reclaiming our republic, or if we will be continuing the down-hill slope of greater and greater government growth, which we have been on for many years.

Americans have a great opportunity to elect candidates from both parties who claim to have a desire for fiscal conservatism to be returned to our government. Our job is not only to elect the best of those who promise such change, but to hold them responsible to the promises that they have made if they are elected.

However, do not be fooled by some who appear to be conservative, yet have a long history of being the absolute opposite. It is amazing to see liberals running a campaign on the fact that they didn’t vote for the health care bill, the stimulus, etc. regardless of whether they advocated for such policy till they realized the fact that most Americans were absolutely opposed to it. Of course, if they can’t deny their support for these policies, they won’t mention that they voted for those bills but will merely go after candidates for being fat-cat lovers.

We have already seen that the task we must achieve will not be easy. There have already been reports of voter fraud on absentee ballots and instances of ballots having already been cast when people go into vote early. It is very possible that some votes may go to the wrong candidate due to such criminal activity.

The worst part will be the backlash of what will most likely happen right after the election, regardless of whether most of the lifetime politicians are dethroned or retain their seat. If we do not make a difference, they will find that all the tea parties and the multitudes of opposition will have been for nothing, and will plow away at their agenda without a care about what we think. If we do make a difference, they will most likely try to do all they can before their terms come up and they must leave their office.

Regardless, we must shoot for the possibilities of the latter. I urge you to pray about this election, and hope that we can make a difference. This year we must vote for change that we really need and greatly make a difference for the betterment of our nation.

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