My Election Prayer

I will be happy if Mitt Romney wins the election -- IF AND ONLY IF -- the Republicans also take control of the Senate.

Likewise, I will be happy if Barack Obama wins the election -- IF AND ONLY IF -- the Democrats also take control of the House.

So, how can I be happy if the country is going in the wrong direction?  Because I remember one of the most important lessons from Infantry Officer Candidate School in the Army, which was that "indecision is intolerable" especially when your men come under attack.  It is critical that a command be given.  We even joked that it was far better to order our men to "drop your pants and climb a tree" than to do nothing and take incoming fire.  Just give a command, any command!

Gridlock during a crisis is just as intolerable as indecision under fire.  

If we maintain the status quo and gridlock survives, then the nation loses . . . no matter who is President.

If gridlock wins, we will in all probability go over the Fiscal Cliff and slip into an increasingly severe recession early next year -- increasing in severity until gridlock is finally crushed under its own weight of indecision.  

I expect to be disappointed on election day . . . no matter who is President . . . but let us pray . . .