America, It's Time We Stand Up and Be Counted

As the debate over the debt ceiling gains heat and President Obama stands firmly atop his bully pulpit, his stubborn insistence on drowning our nation in debt has caught the attention of the American people. A new Gallup poll released this week shows him losing by eight points to a Republican, a larger margin than ever before. With only one out of five supporting raising the debt ceiling, the American people know what should be common-sense to Congress and the President--when you're in a hole, the first step to getting out is to stop digging.



To the majority of Americans that do not support it, raising the debt ceiling means much more than just continuing to dig. It means placing trillions more in unfunded liabilities on the shoulders of future generations. It means abandoning the very principles that  Congress were elected to represent.



Yesterday, at a press conference, President Obama ignored these vital points, stating that we only need "minor adjustments" to fix our economy. At a time of trillion-and-a-half-dollar annual deficits and 9.2 percent unemployment, he could not be more out of touch. We the tax paying American voters know that, in order for our nation to truly prosper, we need systemic reform--not band-aids. This reflects a core difference of philosophy that will be at the forefront of the 2012 elections.



The consistency and dedication we Americans who support this movement is to stopping the hemmoraging of our future reflects the stakes that face our nation in 2012. The Obama machine will spend record dollars to overcome the opposition of the American people to his policies and win re-election, and we must work harder than ever to ensure that our constitutional conservative values are victorious. In this challenge, I couldn't be more determined to be a part of stopping this breach ofjustice to our country