With mid-term elections just slightly more than a year from now, 2010 may be one of the most satisfying years since 1994 for practicing conservatives.

To begin with, conservatives, or at least Republicans, should be able to take government out of the hands of reckless liberals, especially in the U.S. House.

What a celebration there will be if the GOP is able to send Nancy Pelosi back to the swamp from whence she came! Said swamp, by the way, even more polluted today than when the bug eyed knot head from San Francisco took over with her foolish promise to "drain the swamp."

Can you say Charles Rangel, Madam Speaker?

OK, so defeating a Marxist in San Francisco is about as likely as a practicing Orthodox Jew being elected Mayor of Tehran.

Ain't gonna happen!

Still, there is a good chance that the GOP will win back majority status in the U.S. House, which would take the Speaker's gavel away from Pelosi and place it in the hands of an adult with at least normal intelligence.

All in all, it could be a most entertaining November evening if the following lefties are forced to concede involuntary retirement at the hands of voters:

Harry Reid
Christopher Dodd
Barbara Boxer
Arlene Specter

Arlene Specter's concession speech will be particularly gratifying. Specter is the man who thought he could hitch a ride on the Obama Express all the way to reelection, only to discover that the BHO Victory train ran out of fuel in the spring of 2009.

A word of advise for the soon-to-be deposed senator: Don't think of the last 30 years as being wasted, Focus instead on the positive, and the fact that for 30 years you were able to fool enough people in Pennsylvania to avoid the fuss and bother of finding a real job.

A special moment of earth-shattering glory will rock the planet when that sawed-off lefty from San Francisco, Barbara Boxer, is forced to step before the cameras and microphones and concede defeat at the hands of Chuck DeVore, Senator-elect from California!

Best wishes on your next venture, Senator. By the way, is it appropriate to call you "madam" now that you are just an ordinary, powerless citizen once again?

All in all, November 2, 2010 may be a terrific day for celebrating the retreat of Marxism from the halls of the U.S. Congress!

John W. Lillpop is an independent columnist