A Plague on America?

Obama is treading water and bleeding at open sea and the blood-thirsty sharks are circling, waiting for the right opportunity to dart in for the kill.  This whole scenario has played out before.  In case you forgot, hearken back to 1994.  Clinton was president, the country suffering from severe (though not equally as severe) economic woes and Newt Gingrich and crew were circling for the kill.  And with their "Contract with America" they took a big bite out of Clinton....of course, old slick Willy was a little too sly not to use the wave of public discontentment to his advantage. In short, he basically co-opted their contract.  Doesn't all this smack a little too much of "marketing for power."  In other words, do any of these cats really care about what is good for the country, or are they just devising a scheme they hope will allow them to stay in those posh D.C. offices and keep the invites to the cocktail parties flowing.  If that sounds cynical, well, how can you not be?  I breezed through this new version of Newt's contract, the so-called "Pledge to America."  No doubt, people out there are sick and tired of the economic mess that the world has gotten itself into and this document does  a fine job of tapping into that frustration.  But I don't believe re-releasing the capitalistic monster will in the long run be the enduring answer to the problems facing people and planet.  And that is basically what this pledge document is all about, using patriotic rhetoric aimed at fomenting a tea party tirade at the polls in November.  Throw the bums out and replace them with what, more bums?  Is that really the answer?  Repeal everything that Obama has been able to pass and turn the clock back to the way things were before we got ourselves into this mess.  And then what?  Do it all over again?  I really don't believe any of these politicians are speaking for the people.  That's hard to do because "the people" do not speak with one consistent voice.  There are many in society who actually approve of what Obama has been able to accomplish.  If these new versions of the 94 Gingrich wrecking crew are successfull, the pledge to American may end up being a plague on America, indeed a plague on the entire planet as we continue down the path of mutually assured materialistic destruction.  Is that the change we need right now?