October 15, 2014 --

President Barack Obama, quoting a report in The New York Times, October 10, sees the November 4 congressional elections as "critical to the country's future." Indeed so.

LPR believes that this midterm election will determine whether the nation is to revitalize the republican vision of the Founding Fathers, or is to proceed, full speed ahead to oligarchy, where instead of government conceived as servant to the public good, the United States will turn to government of, by and for the insiders, where government is committed to the good of the favored few, and where the ruling classed is served by a fawning media.

This midterm election will signal whether the "sleeping giant" will rouse from his slumber to chase the political self-servers from power, or will, instead, become comatose.

This midterm election will signal whether the insight of Lincoln -remains operative -- that all of the people cannot be fooled all of the time.

Twenty years ago, when, on another November 4, the Republican ended 4 decades of Democratic control of the House of Representatives, the late Peter Jennings accused the voters of having had a temper tantrum. Outrage from the media at the election results on this November 4 will signal that the "sleeping giant" -- the American people -- have awakened from their political slumber and have seen through the left's propaganda.

Benjamin Franklin is said to have remarked, after the Constitutional Convention completed its work, that the form of government established by the convention was "a Republic, if you can keep it."

The results of this midterm election will signal whether the the Founding vision of our government is to be maintained, or whether it is to be transformed, irrevocably -- that is to say, discarded -- for the older form of government that serves the few on the sacrifices of the many.

This is not to suggest Republican majorities in the Senate as well as the House will immediately restore the Founding vision. For that to happen, the Senate and House must have conservative leaders committed to the common good principles set forth in Federalist No. 57, and the advice on governing set forth in other Federalist Papers, particularly including No. 58 which noted that the "power over the purse" that the Constitution gives to the House of Representatives "may in fact be regarded as the most compleat [sic] and effectual weapon with which any constitution can arm the immediate representatives of the people, for obtaining a redress of every grievance, and for carrying into effect every just and salutary measure."

If the wisdom of the Founding Fathers is to have any chance of breaking through the self-serving mindset of politicians who rely on on the stratagems and ploys of political consultants and lobbyists, the American people, voting on November 4, 2014, must signal that they have had enough with a ruling class that equates personal ambition with service to the people.