If the Congress should fall to the Republican rabble and barbarians, David Axelrod, President Obama's Master of the Horse, captain-general of political offense and defense, in so many words, warns, we could all become witnesses to a dark age of extreme misery.

Mr Axelrod warns a Republican Congress could be "more extreme than Bush."

From the Huffngton Post --

With polls and prognosticators predicting a massive Republican rout -- and the likely election of uncompromising, out-of-the-mainstream conservatives -- in the fall, the Obama administration has begun raising dire alarms in its pitch to voters. Remember the Bush administration, the argument goes. It could be worse.

I saw that [Alaska GOP Senate candidate] Joe Miller said that he would abolish Social Security if he had the chance and he is not alone," said chief adviser David Axelrod. "This is akin to what [Nevada GOP Senate candidate] Sharron Angle has said in Nevada and also a number of these other Republicans. So, this could go one step beyond the policies of the Bush administration to something more extreme than we have seen.

And so what is the White House doing to prevent this calamity?

Mr Axelrod said, "Our (the White House) job in the next eight weeks is to make sure that people understand that, that they understand the stakes."

Of course. And the White House should get to it.