We may reap a lot of gains on the environment if the Democratic sweep that is anticipated by many comes to fruition in November. IF, that is, we are organized, tough and insistent that the Dems show their walk matches their talk. I am scared to death of a repeat of the Clinton years when we were so grateful to be let out of the dungeon of Reaganism, that we gave Clinton a free pass to - well, to act like a Republican.

We have to quit being so nice. We have to quit being chumps, suckers and door mats for our so called friends. We have to let those friends know that we expect leadership, courage, and a willingness to make the hard decisions. If they do the right thing we will be behind them. If they don't do the right thing, we will still be behind them - kicking their asses. I think our policy towards the Democrats has to be tough love.

We have been through a terrible period. Hopefully we are headed to a better period. The crunch though, is that a better period is going to be twice as challenging, twice as difficult, and ten times more demanding than the bad old days ever were. Are we prepared? We better be.

Randy Cunningham
Cleveland, OH

Randy Cunningham