They said you were an idiot if you didn’t understand that allowing them to spend limitless amounts of your money would stimulate the economy. You were selfish if you believed a federal takeover of health insurance would do more harm than good. You were a xenophobe if you supported the enforcement of federal immigration laws. And you were a racist if you opposed any aspect of the Obama-Pelosi-Reid agenda.

Democratic leaders have sowed the wind with contempt for the American people. They should be prepared to reap the whirlwind on Nov. 2…

What’s striking is just how closely the two parties mirror one another with their self-deceiving rhetoric. When George W. Bush won re-election and congressional Republicans padded their numbers in 2004, Karl Rove fantasized about a durable Republican majority that might last 20, 30 or even 40 years. Two years later when Democrats overturned that majority, James Carville wrote a non-fiction book with the pretentious title, “40 More Years: How the Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation.”