Once again President Obama is caught between ideology and reality. President Clinton was masterful at navigating these kinds of pitfalls, because he was always a politician first. Barack Obama however, is a second term ideologue who actually believes his own talking points. The problem is he’s now coming under pressure from “politicians” in his own party who are about ready to jump this economic “Titanic” he’s put them on. The more positives we hear about the “Keystone Pipeline” and things like “fracking”, the harder it becomes for Democrats in a growing number of states to explain the President’s ideology to their constituents. Folks are just feeling more and more like Mr. Obama has a serious aversion to prioritizing what’s best for the country right now.

So as we push into the next election cycle there seems a consensus among Democrats with tough campaigns ahead, or who come from states where energy development and resource procurement account for the bulk of the labor force, and that is there is a time for ideology and a time for real world application. Consequently, if the President and his far Left sycophants continue to pander to the base while defending a failed domestic agenda, 2014 may very well be historic for Republicans.