I’ve been going over some things in my mind lately, and I’ve decided to put them into list form here. It’s my list of political predictions for 2010. Some of these are obvious. Some might be more of a stretch. No matter what happens, 2010 is going to be an interesting year in politics, and I’m very much looking forward to it.

I don’t have inside information on any of these items. This is just my speculation at what will happen.

In Georgia

• Democrats in Georgia will pick up some House seats. I don’t know where or how many, but to think the Georgia Republicans can have all the chaos they’ve had lately and not lose seats is just not logical thinking.
• Johnny Isakson will have the same runoff opportunity that Saxby Chambliss had in 2008. At this point, I’d probably vote for Satan if he ran against Isakson.
• Taxes will rise. Our dollars are as weak for us as they are for the state. And since Georgia can’t just make more money like they do in Washington, it will need higher tax revenues to compensate for the ever-weakening dollar.

In Washington

• The Republicans will take the majority in the U.S. House.
• Harry Reid will lose his run for reelection.  (I’m going way out on a limb there, huh?)
• The resulting power shift in the Democrat Party (after losing the House and Reid not returning) will cause chaos in the party, which will start a downhill trend for the Dems that will cost Obama the election in 2012 (unless he runs against Sarah Palin).
• Jim DeMint will no longer be the only consistent voice of reason in the Senate, as he will be joined by Rand Paul.
• There will be more bailouts of “too big to fail” companies that come with rules on how they are allowed to operate.

Across the Nation

• The Libertarian Party will see a 50% increase in votes over 2008 election numbers. I think this is a conservative estimate. It may approach a 75% increase if the Republicans nationwide continue to offer poor candidates.
• There will be more scares over terrorist plots (not involving airplanes) that will give gun grabbers a reason to push for more gun laws under the guise of keeping people safe and secure.  As a result, we will have more gun laws, but we will be less safe and secure than we are now.
• The Tenth Amendment will be an issue of much discussion as states who can’t afford the mandates from health care legislation will have to consider rejecting it.

So that’s my list of political predictions for this year.  What are yours?

I am thrilled about the upcoming 2010 elections for two reasons.  First, I’m confident that true conservatism is on the move and that some non-RINO Republicans will take office.  Second, I’m excited to campaign for whoever will run against Johnny Isakson.

Recently Isakson wrote me (because I’m on his mailing list) to ask what I thought about President Obama’s budget.  I responded to say how I found it ironic that he was thrilled to oversee government growth under the Bush administration but now that there’s a Democrat in the White House, he’s opposed to massive government growth.

Isakson sent another message to his mailing list this morning.  Basically it was a follow up to his obviously loaded question about the budget.  He’s running for reelection, and he needs your money.

Um, no thanks.

This behavior in email correspondence is nothing more than partisan politicking that we need to get away from.  Quoting Isakson in his most recent email:

Thanks in large part to the astronomical budget that unfortunately passed, the estimated deficit will be $1.75 trillion this year.

Isakson is rightly upset about a bad budget being passed, but is this the same Johnny Isakson that voted on bad Bush budgets?  Apparently, deficit spending is only acceptable when your party is doing the spending. Isakson is pointing the finger at the Democrats’ bad spending (rightfully so) but is conveniently forgetting the bad spending that happened during the majority of his term in the Senate.

I’ve not yet found anybody running against Isakson in the Senate election.  Is there a real conservative who wants to represent Georgians in the Senate? You’ll have my support.