The canaries are choking to death in the liberal mines. All across the nation, left wing Democrats are discovering that their “likely” Democrat seats now either “lean” Democrat this election. From Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco being hammered by a brilliant ad campaign, to Barney Frank sweating it against an upstart in Massachusetts politicians who thought their seats were birthrights are starting to learn that they too can be replaced with human beings.

Unfortunately the liberal politicians’ biggest problems are being caused by the very groups they protect and coddle. The most recent example of this is NPR and its firing of Juan Williams. A little over a month ago, liberal journalists lectured us about the first amendment when discussing the Ground Zero Mosque. Now suddenly free speech and free press are out of style. The first amendment states that the government shall pass no law. NPR and PBS are a part of the government – they’re breaking their own rules.

When a protest ensued, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller wrote a truly condescending piece stating Williams “should have kept his feeling about Muslims between himself and ‘his psychiatrist or his publicist”. She has since apologized for her words, but what she really thinks is already out there. Schiller doesn’t care one wit what anyone thinks. She believes her position at NPR is untouchable.

This attitude shouldn’t be surprising. For decades NPR and other government agencies and projects and boondoggles truly have been untouchable. Every election cycle features some loud fiscal conservatives talking about defunding all the above. And every election cycle when the dust settles, all the above get more money than the year before.  The 2010 election is being compared to the 1994 election. One of the things that Congress tried to get rid of was the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA). Unfortunately when the dust settled the NEA was alive and well.

But things have changed dramatically. We as a nation are now in arguably the worst economic downturn in our history. The insulated, protected entitlement class has no idea just how agitated the people who support them are or they wouldn’t be laughing and sneering. These people are doing themselves a huge disservice. They need to be quiet at least until the election is over.

Instead, they’re doubling down. Jon Stewart is going to have a “Restore the Sanity” rally in DC just days before the election. His friend Stephen Colbert will have a companion “Keep the Fear Alive” rally. Even though they claim to be non-partisan, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are staples of liberal TV viewing. The rallies themselves are mockeries of Glen Beck’s Restoring the Honor rally.

Who do you think is going to be at this demonstration? It’s going to be the children of privilege. College kids living on their parents’ money and trendy liberal elites.

And this event has a very real potential to devolve in to a celebration of how they’re owed everything and how they really do deserve to live off the bloat. Then will come the mocking, condescending and sneering at those these liberals disagree with. It will be a giant reminder to an angry electorate about what exactly Nov 2 is all about. This will probably not help the lefty cause, especially when all the big egos start showing up. The American Left has no idea what is coming. Obama has brought “change” to the political sphere, but the very nearsighted left doesn’t see it.

One of the biggest uniting factors in the opposition is fiscal policy. From the massive Healthcare bill to the choking Financial reform. The Congress’s passage of the trillion dollar “Porkulus” package to the failure to pass a budget this year.

And this expensive regalia are just another reminder.

The left is making other mistakes too. Illegal immigration is hot button issue, but open borders activists are pushing their cause. There are now reports that illegals are being used in get out the vote drives. Organizations like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) can make blanket statements about Americans being “Islamophobic”. Meanwhile one can’t say anything even mildly critical of Islam without CAIR jumping down your throat. Michelle Obama began lecturing voters at a poll in Chicago on the joys of Obamanism – naturally no charges were filed. Meanwhile in Texas are being denied the right to vote because they wear “Don’t Tread on Me” buttons. Connecticut are being warned not to show up WWE tee shirts since Linda McMahon is on the ballot. And it goes on and on.

It’s all just another middle finger from our supposed social betters. The rules apply to little people, not the entitled privileged class never mind the fact that they’re living off those little people. At the very least they could be nice and polite. And this is why there is a conservative ascendency coming.

On second thought maybe we should be thanking the boneheads at Comedy Central.