By WILLARD KILLOUGH III
Managing Editor

Two things are at play in National Politics. First, anything Democrats do with an overwhelming majority had better work 100%.
Second, if they don’t make our lives easier by substantially improving the economy by the next time the voters go to the polls, their majority is at risk.
For how long the current majority remains depends upon what promises they were capable of making good on.
Voters are often short on patience and forgiveness. Typically they remember the mistakes more than accomplishments. 
Voters may love apple pie, but will never again try your recipe because of a slice that wasn’t up to their standards and expectations. Sure, it looked great, smelled great, but in the end it wasn’t everything it advertised itself to be.
That’s what’s in store for the Democrats.
If that slice of pie isn’t the best in the history of politics, they won’t be able to promise us a “change” in the recipe “that we can believe in.”
They’ve reached the top. They are willing to exercise total control as a majority. They had better produce some earth shattering positive results or else the voters “hope” will begin to slip away.
I’m all for healthcare reform and even favor some of what I hear coming from the Democrats. But when the Democrats push a 1,000 page healthcare reform bill that later explodes into a 2,000 page bill and I’ve heard there’s another 800 pages coming before it’s all said and done, I have to wonder; is this what we get with a majority in power?
What’s contained within those over 2,000 pages of legislation?
I’m sure it sounds very “Republican” to ask whether or not anyone has fully read the bill, but seriously, when was the last time anyone even heard of a bill that was over 2,000 pages in length with the potential to affect so many American’s?
Then consider that high school algebra textbooks don’t even contain 2,000 pages.
Is this legislation more complicated than algebra?
Probably. Which begs a more important question, if someone in Congress has read it at least once, do they fully understand it?
Do they all have degrees in healthcare that give them a level of insight and knowledge required to make a qualified judgment?
Why does this legislation have to be composed of so many pages of text?
Entire individual Town’s and Counties are governed by laws and ordinances that don’t take up 2,000 pages of text.
Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace was only 1,400 pages as a paperback.
Instead of trying to carve a turkey with a chain saw and risk a messy result, perhaps someone should slow down and carefully make the most of the entire turkey by carefully slicing it one piece at a time.
Healthcare’s been screwed up for so long I hardly doubt it can be competently repaired within the first ten months of Obama’s time in office; another year or two will not hurt us any more than the last 20 years.
But if that’s how the Democrats want to operate, then so be it. They do have the majority.
It’s too bad they are rushing things and in doing so may very well rush themselves out of office onto the lawn and find themselves turning to radio talk show hosts just to be heard as a minority.
I’m sure everyone hopes that whatever they pass (because it’s over 2,000 pages and no one, not even Obama, has likely read it cover to cover) is the best brick of legislation ever passed by Congress and signed by a President.
On the other hand, the last time I read the cliff notes and not the entire book like the teacher assigned, everyone could tell and my grade reflected that.
Which leads me to my final analogy. When the report cards are sent home for all democrats showing how well they have improved the lives of Americans between the last and next election, they had better score A++ on everything because a “B” grade will likely not secure another majority term in congress and will make it increasingly hard on the next candidate that tries to sell change and hope.
If that product didn’t do the job the first time, American’s are known for being picky and will absolutely shop elsewhere for a the next best brand with a catchy slogan.