The other day I promised to spend some time with Saul Alinsky. For those of you who don't know who Alinsky was, he penned the book "Rules For Radicals." While the majority of Americans have never heard of the book let alone read it, it is some interesting reading. Alinsky does lay out his manifesto of sorts and he does have his disciples. Williams Ayers and Bobby Rush, Hillary Clinton and our own Commander in Chief BHO.

What old Saul (who died in 1972) preached was how to take over, drive the opposition into the ground and if possible ram your way of life down everyone's throat. One of his biggest lessons is what has been used in the last couple of years and that is "personalize the argument."

See Saul knew that most Americans did not agree with his position and if left to argue just the merits of the position, he would loose every time. We see that all the time. BHO ran in the general election as a "Centrist" who would give people hope and change. Once he is in and his policies have been shown the light of day, most Americans don't like it and have resisted these policies.

A recent poll released just this week shows that more Americans are identifying themselves as "Conservatives" than ever before. On the flip side, those identifying themselves as "Liberal" is lower than ever before. The Liberals are not getting there message out and when they do, American's are rejecting it.

So how the liberals approach the argument is to take a page out of Alinsky's playbook. They personalize it. "You are against people receiving medical care." "You have insurance, shouldn't everyone else?" "Why do you want to deny people their rights?" When they personalize it, they put their opponents on their heals and make they look like the "Bogey Man."

Take abortion. They now call themselves "Pro-choice" and refer to Pro-lifers as "Anti-abortion," or "Anti-Choice." They make it that they are "Pro" and their opponents are "Anti." It is a small thing, but it is a way that they use words to try and bring people over to their side.

Saul was a radical and knew that Americans would not see the world the way he did. Like all radicals, they never see the good of this country, they only see the bad. Rules are only good when they are "their" rules. Most Americans see that and that is why when liberals run for office you hear worlds like "Centrist, Populist" and "Progressive." It is also why they run from the tag of liberal. It's how guys like Clinton and BHO got elected. The American people were rightly discussed with the way the Republicans were handling things and they turned to the people who painted themselves as "Centrist" who were going to bring a rational and even handed approach to government.

To his credit, Clinton became a "Centrist" or as I call it a "Finger Tester." Clinton would wet his finger and stick it in the air to see which way the political winds were blowing. It keeps you popular, but as I say, you compromise your values. When Clinton stole credit from the Republican's for welfare reform, you knew he was choking inside, but it's what the people wanted and he gave them a watered down version that kept them happy. He tried "healthcare" reform, but when the people resisted, he dropped it so fast, you almost didn't know he brought it up.

Bill wasn't as much a disciple of Saul's that Hillary and BHO are.

BHO has the votes in Congress and a dollar to a donut says he's really doesn't care if he gets any Republican support for any of his programs, they will just ram them through and then it will be too late. That's alright if as a party you are willing to as they say "Own it." It will be yours and yours alone, so you had better be willing to accept the wrath of the people, whether it be health care, the deficit, or homeland security. You go it alone and you "Own it."

That is going to be the test for democrats in the next couple of months. Do they go with what their constituents want or do they go against the wishes of the people? Watch them, they will be out trying to "personalize" the argument.

Don't be fooled and don't fall for the radical's tricks.