Bill Whittle, one of the best political writers you've probably not heard of yet, has a new essay up which perfectly crystalizes what I've felt in the wake of John McCain's loss to Barack Obama.
Surprisingly, I've felt nothing but energized. And I don't think I'm the only one. I don't see a lot of woe-is-me belly button gazing out there at all. The best analogy I can come up with is that after being away for eight years, I've returned home to a piece of property I own to find that someone built a crack house on it, and now that crack house has burnt to the ground, the people who built it are dead or in jail, and I've just received a huge insurance payment with which to begin rebuilding.
They say with crisis comes opportunity... well doesn't it feel like the Republican party, which was, as of two weeks ago, old, stodgy and out of ideas, is suddenly young and vibrant again? We're not talking about a raft of candidates in their 70's anymore (leave that to the Democrats who are looking at Hillary versus Biden in 2016), we're talking about Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal and Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney... not a senior citizen among them.
Ever see the Denzel Washington movie GLORY? There's a great moment in the final climactic battle scene where our heroes are assaulting a Confederate fort and on the seawall, the initial attack begins to falter, the standard bearer is killed, and the flag falls to the sand. At that moment, the attack can go either way and the entire unit seems to hold its breath wondering what will happen. Will someone rally them to press the attack? Or will fear and doubt take over and begin a rout and retreat?
I won't reveal what happens in case you haven't seen the movie, but we are at that point now as Republicans, everyone seems to be holding their breath in anticipation, and the only action I can think to take is to pick that standard up off the sand and turn to all of you and shout "COME ON!!!"
There's simply nothing else to do. Defeat is not an option. And besides, I've got too much positive energy going right now to do anything but press the attack.
Who's with me!?
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