Midknight Review -- new and revised: If you can't play by the rules, change the rules, and work to save this once great nation. It is that simple.

Politico:

Uncompromising Reid still in command — ‘He is controlling the agenda,’ one Republican senator complains. — He only controls 46 seats, but Harry Reid is acting like he has 60. — Reid's uncompromising posture during the flap over homeland security funding and his emerging plans …

Editor's notes: The headline is true only because Senate Republicans continue to believe that politics is all about "fighting fair." This problem is easily resolved: change the rules governing the vote count for ending a filibuster . . . . . . . just as the Dems did during their rule over the Senate. The people do not want fairness, they want results. And if the Progressives will not play by the rules, they have to be defeated in like manner. Period. Understand this: the current crop of Progressives are "anarchists." They only believe in following the rules when those rules work in their favor. And when they do not, Progressives ignore the rules, and move on. Obama is not the only one in DC who is above the law. Holder or whoever is the current head of the DOJ, the leadership at the FCC or the EPA . . . . . . . and I could go on and on.

To imagine that "making a statement for what is right" (a GOP emphasis) while losing the war, is the epidome of all that goes into the word "loser." It is just incredible that an institution of leadership (the GOP) has no clue how to fight and defeat a Marxist/Anarchist gang of political thugs whose power is found in the statement, "Don't like it? Sue me" (Obama's own words from last year).

Obviously, there is more work to be done, in the coming election cycle(s). "Leadership" must practice a more hardcore form of leadership. There is no room for nice guys, no time for those who want to play by the rules that feed a particular tradition. The Progressives could not care less about the Constitution or its rules, and they know their very power (politically speaking) is in their refusal to play by the rules. Ironically, to preserve the rule of law, the GOP will have to adapt to the current political practices. And, if not, they need to be replaced.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."