Who is really at risk for 2012?

The upcoming 2012 elections may arguably become the most important opportunity for the American people to voice their concerns and displeasure of the current state of affairs in Washington, DC. That is if the people can recognize the cloud of fluff currently being offered.

The Republican led House, with John Boehner at the helm, has vowed to block any campaign President Obama introduces to create jobs, cut spending, balance the budget or create revenue. The Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell has threatened to use the filibuster to prevent any ideas from the Democrats. Instead of offering ideas or God forbid, compromising, they would rather become the second “do-nothing Congress” since Franklin Roosevelt incumbent Harry Truman ran for reelection.

It is the republican belief that with high unemployment, high debt, failed health care reform, Obama is a lame duck. Their continued political bantering while raising money and looking for support for the upcoming primaries is based on an ineffective President that can’t lead the nation back to prosperity. However, with all their finger pointing and arguing about which Republican candidate has the best “new” tax plan, they seemed to be as dysfunctional as a tiger kidney in a human body. It’s there, but it hasn’t solved the problem.

Obama is an intellectual and as such could use this to bolster his campaign and up his approval rating significantly if he truly wants a second term. No, Obama is not a true leader in the sense that Kennedy was, or as ruthless as Clinton or as likeable as Reagan, but he is charismatic and if he can perform as well as he did in 2008 by “informing” the American people of the Republican based congress, he still might have a chance. Let’s face it, there is no clear front runner in the Republican race and with their fractured approach to the economy and jobs creation, their convention might just end up as the best comedy on television next summer.

Everyone agrees that the Republicans took over the House Majority and won just enough seats in the Senate to create a stalemate for majority votes and apoplexy in government as a result of the terrible economy. But instead of job creation, they've busied themselves focusing on trying to defund Planned Parenthood, protecting Americans from the imaginary threat of Sharia Law, and fending off non-existent attack on the use of "In God We Trust." The Republican controlled House hasn't voted on a single job creation measure since John Boehner and his colleagues took power last January.

Even in the “Super Committee”, Republicans are unwilling to ask millionaires to pay to help jump start America’s economic house. They want to restrict the power of the EPA and restrict funding for contraception. In fact Mr. Boehner and his team published a House schedule for 2012 that has the House in session only 94 days out of 366, (yes it’s leap year), a whopping 75% of their year off with pay.

Instead of having demonstrations about re-distributing the wealth, how about we ask Congress to actually go to work in 2012? Just this once, let’s ask them to be responsible.