CAN SOMETHING POSITIVE COME OUT OF OBAMA'S SCANDALS?

There maybe, now I did say maybe, just a little bit of an upside to this ongoing mess in Washington where we now have a growing number of scandals that seem, for the most part, to be calling the Barry White House home. Now if you'll remember, it was concerns over Obamacare that essentially helped make it possible for Republican Scott Brown upset Democrat Martha Coakley in a special Senate election in Massachusetts back in 2010. And we may now have beginnings of that pattern forming yet again, with history now, and in some small way, on the verge of repeating itself.

Because now with the trio, and soon to be perhaps a quartet, of scandals currently plaguing Barry "Almighty", and perhaps congressional Democrats as well, apparently not going away anytime soon, there are some in the Bay State thinking repeat as GOP nominee Gabriel Gomez faces off against Democrat Rep. Edward Markie. At least that's what's now being reported by National Journal. Now the comparison might not pan out, National Journal also notes, because there currently is no data to show that Barry's approval has suffered because of the scandals. So only time will tell for sure.

Still, Gomez has taken the opportunity with a new ad to try to tie Markey, a 36-year congressman, with the dysfunctional D.C. culture. "Washington is in the midst of some of the biggest scandals in our lifetime -- the IRS targeting citizens for political reasons, DOJ seizing phone records from the press, and new conflicting accounts on Benghazi," Gomez said in a prepared statement. "These scandals mark a major abuse of government power and a lack of transparency in government. And what is Congressman Markey doing about them? Nothing." Not bad.

Mr. Gomez is a former Navy SEAL and in echoing Brown's campaign is saying that he would provide a fresh face in Washington compared to the Democrat who would simply only make things worse. "No two elections are the same, but the circumstances in Massachusetts have eerie similarities between 2010 and 2013 in terms of a changing political environment and a Democratic candidate who is viewed as not necessarily in touch with the average voter in Massachusetts," GOP strategist Brian Walsh told National Journal. But, in the end will that matter to the voters?

After all, Mr. Walsh does go on to point out that, "It's still a very blue state, but as in 2010, Democratic strategists have to be increasingly nervous." And of course he's right, there aren't many states bluer than Massachusetts. But with the thugacracy that we currently have operating out of Washington DC, we have to focus on looking for whatever silver lining we can find. Because if we allow ourselves to focus solely on what a corrupt piece of shit our president really is, then we're just liable to convince ourselves that there's nothing we can do to get our country back and on an even keel.