There’s a simple reason why many elected officials won’t solve issues of the day.

For most politicians, it’s not in their political best interest to solve those problems.

For primary ideological issues, there are three (voter) groups: 1) those FOR the issue; 2) those AGAINST the issue; 3) those who can be PULLed to one side or the other.

If a political party manages to solve an ISSUE, they’ve won their FOR group, lost the AGAINST group, and no longer have an issue to exploit for gain from the PULL group.

(Remember, for politicians it’s not about solving issues…it’s about their political party taking – or keeping – control of the government and all the power that represents.)

If an ISSUE remains unsolved, then, it can be exploited for gain from the PULL group. Adding these voters to their FOR group gives politicians the edge needed to win.

That said, why would a politician solve a polarizing issue?

Just when you thought Obama and his media lapdogs couldn’t sink any lower…

…they run an article blaming the sequester for cutting back on cancer treatments.

First, they tried to blame Republicans for a sequester authored and forced by Obama.

Then they tried to claim its spending cuts would cause economic chaos, when in fact the only cuts are to the rate-of-growth of new spending, not existing spending.

Now, they claim existing cancer patients denied treatment are sequester casualties.

Sequestration was Obama’s idea, and it was Obama who forced it through Congress.

It does not cut existing spending, only the rate-of-growth of new spending.

It’s Obama’s Dept. of Health & Human Services making budgetary decisions that affect existing cancer treatment, rather than addressing new rate-of-growth budgeting.

But they will try their damndest to make Republicans the fall guy…

…even if it means killing off cancer patients to do it.

When planning for the future by looking back at events through history’s ‘telescope’, it would be wise for Republican elite to consider a fundamental Law of Telescopes…

…for magnified clarity from a telescopic perspective…

…one must look through the correct end of the telescope.

A Thursday article in Investor’s Business Daily suggests the Republican star is rising, by reminding readers of the wildly successful states flourishing under GOP rule. The article’s optimism centers on a huge influx of new residents to these states, as a result.

Advising all that “…in politics, demography is destiny…”, the author equates the recent huge population shifts (to GOP-controlled states) as an acceptance of GOP ideas.

If only it was that easy! History (and BlueCollar) suggests the author is using the wrong end of the telescope. Besides, a closer look at that ‘demography’ would be in order.

In which case, rather than a telescope it’s more useful to use a powerful microscope; its greater magnification can help detect problems lurking in Red-state population booms.

We firmly believe GOP ideas are good for America and the 50 states, but also know the 1st Law of Parasites…the effective ones never die with the host they feed from.

Successful parasites transfer to a healthy host before the weakened host expires.

So, don’t count on ‘population-shift voters’ jumping en masse on a GOP bandwagon.

That ‘demography’ may be infected. And, even if not all are parasites, it’s an uphill fight.

The Republican case still must be made…more strongly than ever, considering a recent poll, where opinions favored economic policies heavily, until revealed as GOP policy.

Even when a case is made for Republican ideas in the form of successful, prosperous states, there’s no guarantee of a resulting shift to GOP votes come election time.

Because, there’s always the 2nd Law of Parasitic Organisms…

…Parasites don’t change their ways, just because they change their hosts.

California may be dying, but the parasite is determined to live on.

Fair warning, Texas!