Well folks, this is it. The last chance I have to save my country. One last desperate act to reach deep down in to your soul and make you think- possibly for the first time this year- about what you might be about to do. To give you some insight on what might happen if you decide tomorrow that you’re too angry or disaffected with one or both parties to show up. This is probably the most important midterm election of our lifetime. This election has the potential to affect every American, voting or not. It can possibly reshape our national priorities and policy objectives, and change the course of American politics for at least the next two years. And in this case, that’s not a good thing.

The House and Senate are up for grabs, and you happen to live in probably the most contested state in the nation right now. Democrats have their sights set on at least four members of Congress who have represented their districts well and have proudly stood up for what is right (hey, at least Bob Ney didn’t store thousands of dollars in his freezer). They’ve resorted to catfight tactics to shoot down Deborah Pryce, one of the most powerful and influential women in Washington. They’ve brought back a 79 year old one-term Congressman from the political graveyard to run against Pat Tiberi because Democrats didn’t have enough zombies in their caucus. They’re also making desperate grabs in Southern Ohio to hack off Steve Chabot and Jean Schmidt. Too bad they couldn’t run Paul Hackett again, who claimed in the infamous 2005 special election that George Bush was the most dangerous man in the world.

We are indeed blessed in that Ohioans get to choose who controls the Senate. The choice for United States Senator from Ohio should be clear. Senator Mike DeWine might not be perfect, he might not even agree with you on every issue (I know he doesn’t agree with me 100% of the time), but he’s right on the important ones. Mike DeWine wants to win the Iraq War. Sherrod Brown doesn’t. Mike DeWine supports the PATRIOT Act as a way to keep Ohioans and Americans safe from terrorist attacks. Sherrod Brown doesn’t. Mike DeWine supports tax cuts so that hard-working Americans can keep more of the money they earn. Sherrod Brown doesn’t. Mike DeWine supports traditional marriage and the right to life. Sherrod Brown doesn’t. ‘Nuff said.

Ohioans also have a choice as to who will represent their interests on the state level for the next four years. Again, the choice is clear. Love him or hate him, Ohioans know what Ken Blackwell believes in and what he stands for. They know he has a plan- a real plan- to change Ohio, to simplify the tax code, to cut wasteful government spending, to reform the decrepit education system, and to reinvigorate Ohio’s economy. There is one measly day before Election Day and I still don’t know what Ted Strickland stands for. The Columbus Dispatch has a guess in their ironic endorsement of him. While blasting Governor Taft-and-Spend for dragging Ohio down to the abyss, they endorsed Strickland because he would be most able to continue Taft’s policies! Ohioans are sick of “more of the same,” but that’s just what they’ll get if Ted Strickland is elected Governor. I’m giving very serious thought to leaving Ohio after graduation, and I fear I may take 100,000 of my closest friends with me before the decade is out.

That, of course, is not the worst of it. Democrats and the mainstream media have been barely able to contain their glee over tomorrow’s seemingly foregone conclusion. If their high-stepping and dancing have any basis in reality, conservatives like you and me ought to cower in fear. The words “Speaker Pelosi” should strike terror in our hearts. Would-be Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has repeatedly said impeachment is his number one priority. If you thought this past Congress got nothing done, wait until the entire city is paralyzed by scandal after concocted scandal and impeachment fever. Say goodbye to President Bush’s tax cuts too, since all that is needed for them to expire is for Congressmen to do nothing. A flurry of antiwar resolutions will fly as radical leftists on the Hill, trying desperately to cling to their college days, cut our soldiers’ feet from under them. Just like their predecessors did 30 years ago. The tools the administration have been using to keep us safe from terrorist attacks for the past five years will also disappear in what might as well be called The Al Qaeda Bill of Rights. Say goodbye to judges who don’t hallucinate when they read the Constitution if the Senate goes Democrat as well. The witch hunt that claimed Tom DeLay will look like a picnic as conservatism itself is criminalized and the few Republicans left in Congress get hauled away in handcuffs.

OK, maybe I’m exaggerating a little. But do you really want to take that chance? Statements like these are possible only because Democrats have yet to tell us what they’ll do if they do, in fact, take over. We can only guess, based on everything they’ve ever said or done since they as a party went crazy after the 2000 presidential election. We all know there are problems facing our nation, so the question facing you is simple: who do you trust in your heart to fix them? Who do you trust to keep America safe from terrorism, to keep our taxes low and our values intact? Who do you trust to come up with ideas to save Ohio’s backward economy and fix our broken state-run monopoly union bosses dare call an education system? Who do you trust to confirm judges who don’t legislate from the bench and rule by judicial decree, Constitution be damned? Those are the questions you should ask yourself before pulling the lever (or deciding to sleep in on Tuesday), and those are the stakes facing our nation. As one campaign slogan once said, vote like your whole world depended on it!