By Ray Cardello for July 30, 2023, Season 21 / Post 7

Every election is always said to be the most important of our lifetime. This claim is usually from lifelong politicians who want to hold onto their elected position because they would never last in the corporate world. I believe, no, I fear that the 2024 General Election will be my life’s most critical election. America is at a tipping point. She has been pushed to the cliff’s edge, and it will only take one more election cycle for the Left to push it off to extinction. Hyperbole? I don’t think so. What the Left has done in the last two years to fulfill Barack Obama’s pledge to transform America is staggering and sad. It is sad for us who still believe in the American dream instilled in us as children. It is sad for us who truly love this country and the opportunities it has given us and our families. It is sad for us who still revere our young and brilliant Founding Fathers who envisioned this incredible country but warned us of its fragility. That fragility is being put to its test.

We hear from the Left that MAGA Republicans threaten our Democracy, which is ironic because Democracy is the last thing the Left wants for America. The Left has embraced the vision of a Socialistic America given to them by President Obama. The young people that Obama influenced with his plan to transform America have grown to be the young leaders of today who hate America as she has been and strive to tear her down. If they remain in power in 2024, they might just put the wrecking ball to the America we love.

This attack on America is not just at the National level, where we have seen factions of the government, like the IRS and the FBI, weaponized against its people, where we have seen our sovereignty destroyed and our history condemned. Not just in Washington, where our politicians replace our God-given rights with man-made restrictions. Who we elect as President in 2024 will decide the fate of America. If we return Biden to the White House or pass the baton to Gavin Newsom or Gretchen Whitmer, we will continue down this destructive path and end our great Republic. Suppose we can overcome the obstacles and put a Conservative Republican in the Oval Office. In that case, we may have time to correct the damage, get America back on the path to recovery, and restore its beacon of hope to the world.

We also need to look at our state and local elections, which are also at a very tenuous point. I split my time between New Hampshire and Maine. Both have interesting and crucial elections that the General Election will heavily influence. Outcomes are always challenging to predict when the turnout is high, which is usually the case every four years. New Hampshire will have two House seats up for grabs, but a tremendous amount of attention will be in Concord, where many will vie for the Governor’s office being vacated by Chris Sununu. With a state in flux between Red and Blue, it is imperative that the Republicans hold onto the Executive branch to protect against Sales and Income Tax. We also need to keep abortion under control. If a Democrat wins this race, the state could change forever.

In Maine, the two House seats are also on the ballot, but all eyes will be on the Senate race. Angus King, the Independent, will be running. He is the Junior Senator from Maine but will be 81 on Election Day and 87 if he serves his full term. Susan Collins is not on the ballot, and though only 70, she appears to be in declining health. The next two Senate elections will be significant for Maine and the balance of power in the Washington. Maine needs help, and the Democrats in charge are not supplying any. The economy is stalled, Marijuana sales is now the third-ranked industry in the state, the lobster industry is over-regulated, and illegal immigration is stressing the budget.

So much attention will be placed on the drama surrounding the election of our next President, but every race, up and down the ballot, will impact our future. Get educated, get involved, and make a difference in whether we save or lose America.