There is hope.

A lesson to be learned from the health care debate is that Howard Dean and Moveon.org are as crazy as ever. Can you imagine -- Obama's Reform legislation is not enough; not for these people. They will never be satisfied until the Democratic Party is totally committed to socialism. That the president played by the Washington political rules in wheeling and dealing to obtain the 60 votes needed in the Senate has dismayed Dean and the ultra-left-liberals to such an extent that a bona fide split in the Democratic Part is very possible.

Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and one of Obama's leading critics from the left, stated that Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan, the absence of the public option in health care reform, the President's move to the center in matters of national security will all work against the Democrats in the 2010 elections. "These issues have sapped the energy out of the Democratic base," said Green. "It will cause real problems in 2010 particularly given how energetic the Republican opposition is."

Let's hope Mr. Green is on target with these views. Hopefully, the Republicans will provide genuine opposition leadership and programs that will appeal to moderates, conservatives and independent voters.

If they do, the Republican Party just may put America back on a steady and straight road for the future.