The Republican presidential primary debates are comedy at its finest. First of all, the liberal news media are hosting the conservative presidential debates, then liberal news commentators screen all the questions that each conservative presidential candidate receives, and finally, liberal political analysts coagulate together immediately after each debate to tell conservative viewers who won. It’s almost conspiratorial.

From the moment he entered the presidential race, the liberal news media have tried to declare Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential nominee, specifically, because he has spent the last five years running for President and the Republican establishment in Washington D.C. endorse him. Much to all of their dismay, dissatisfied conservative Republicans and Independents have not coalesced around their candidate of choice and something unexpected happened.

Rick Santorum won Iowa, Mitt Romney took New Hampshire, and Newt Gingrich captured South Carolina.

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Ron Paul is a physician, an author, and libertarian politician, whose unwillingness to compromise on his principles, as a member of Congress, has earned criticisms from both the mainstream media and his peers. He has been an outspoken critic of American foreign and monetary policies and stands firmly on the belief that the United States has drifted from her Constitution as well as her forefathers’ intent for a Federal government. Undaunted by his opponents dismissals, Dr. Paul has garnered the support of many voters because he can quickly point out some of the root causes that led to degradation of freedoms and loss of personal liberties in the United States.

That being said, I have some difficult questions for Ron Paul and his supporters:

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The President of the United States is an extremely important and powerful position but the person elected to the presidency is not a king or dictator and he/she can not pass law or retract it without Congressional approval. This year, all 435 House and 33 of the 100 Senate seats open up for re-election and it is imperative that voters don’t forget Congress in 2012.

The United States holds elections every two years and House of Representative members must seek re-election or vacate their seat. Likewise, the President must run for re-election or vacate every four years and U.S. Senators, every six years. During mid-term election years, the Presidency is out of the equation and the mainstream media focus on the House and Senate members up for re-election. In general elections, the mainstream media ignores most of the Legislative Branch races, concentrating mainly on the Executive race.

For conservatives and libertarians there are severe consequences to ignoring the Congressional races in the 2012 general election cycle. In the same way that House Republicans have to bicker with Senate Democrats makes Congress a lame duck session; similarly, if the House and Senate refuse to work with the President, he will become the lame duck.

With the surmounting debt, irresponsible spending, rising foreign tensions, joblessness, and nothing but more stagflation to look forward to, it is extremely important to remember how Congress works and how it has failed Americans.

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