The GOP needs the adults to step in and provide leadership. Right now, it appears that the inmates are running the asylum - a situation little different than the Democrats for that matter, who are generally acting like 2-year olds who want more and want you to pay for it.

The GOP has the potential to have a strong message on defense and fiscal responsibility. They frittered away the latter, and the former isn’t nearly as much of a concern because people think the economy is more important and pressing as an issue.

The key to 2010 and beyond is to focus on the economy and the devastating effects that passing massive new entitlements will have on the national deficit, and that Obama keeps increasing spending without caring about the long term effects. Tax and spend is not a way to fiscal responsibility. It is the antithesis of fiscal responsibility.