Top 10 Stories of 2010

This is my opinion, and it’s not all about politics.  Nor are they necessarily in any particular order.  Save for one.  (You’ll see.)

• Nancy Pelosi, Phil Hare, and other Democrats admit their contempt for the US Constitution.
• Barack Obama continues bowing to tin-horn dictators . . . who really are his superiors.
• Rep. Russ Carnahan funnels millions of tax dollars to his family business.
• The business world discovers “gamification,” an idea that will turn marketing upside in 2011.
• Europe suffers third consecutive frigid winter.
• Republicans gain 63 House seats to take it back after only two terms in the minority.
• Republicans gain six seats in the US Senate, placing that body within easy striking distance for 2012.
• Barack Obama’s popularity hovers at 40 percent, the traditional “point of no return.”
• Wikileaks embarrasses the White House and endangers intelligence operatives’ lives. But Obama only reacts because of the embarrassment.
• The Tea Party becomes a long-term movement that continues to disrupt and surprise.

That’s the top ten list.  But the top story is not here. 

The top story of 2010: Republicans gain more than 600 state legislature seats. 

Why is that important? Because those new legislatures give the GOP a conservative bench to dominate national and state policy for generations.