What the 2014 Elections Are Really About

A majority of Americans, regardless of which pollster asks the question, say the country is on the wrong track.

And as polls close in the eight states holding primaries today, there will be plenty of prognosticating as to what the latest election results tell us.

The media likely will continue its obsession with tea party vs. establishment candidates in Republican primaries. We’re told the establishment won in Kentucky and North Carolina, the tea party in Nebraska and Texas, and in Georgia … well, it depends on who you talk to.

And those who just can’t wait for 2016 will see which potential presidential contenders saw their endorsed candidates win, and which didn’t.

As with most elections, there is a lot at stake. But the most crucial outcome of Election Day 2104 isn’t related to the tea party, or to would-be presidential nominees. Instead, what matters most is whether we end up with enough lawmakers in Congress willing to reign in the increasingly imperial Obama presidency in his final two years.

The Obama administration’s complete breakdown in enforcing our immigration laws is causing havoc on the border. Obama’s recent moves to go around Congress, whether it be altering wage laws for federal contractors or imposing climate rules via the Environmental Protection Agency, are assaults on the very things the majority of voters say they care about most—jobs and the economy. And this is nothing new. Whether it is waiving work requirements in welfare laws or delaying implementation of various parts ofObamacare or First Lady Michelle Obama’s crusade to take over schoollunches, this is an administration that believes it knows better than the public, and the elected officials they’ve sent to Washington to represent them, how Americans should run their daily lives.

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