Bond: Don’t Screw It Up This Time

If one believes the polls, Republicans will take control of the U.S. Senate next week, and retain the House of Representatives. For the Republic, this may or may not be a good thing. As astronaut Alan Shepard, Jr. famously prayed, muttering into his microphone, on the launch-pad of America’s first space-flight in May of 1961, “Shepard, don’t (expletive deleted) this up.” We’ve had six years of a Democratic Senate and White House and seen the horrors of their monopoly. Harry Reid has been the hockey goalie blocking debate. I get his emails. On the other hand, Republicans didn’t behave much better under Newt Gingrich. Comity evaporated. They Rs better make good use of their time, and they’ve only two years to show their stuff/ David Bond , Wallace Street Journal. More here.