I got up early this morning (around 1 am) to watch the news and see how badly things were going. The news just wasn't good. The Democrats already had control of the House and are looking like they may control the Senate as well. I despaired. Then I read Bill Whittle's comments (and I recommend you do so right now, the link is over there on the right, I'll wait).
He's absolutely right. It's a defeat, it's even something of a disaster, but the Republicans had it coming and maybe, just maybe, they'll wake up and smell the coffee over the next two years. Like John Belushi said "Did we give up when the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor?" We've seen tough times before. We're Americans, we'll overcome, that's what we do. We have not yet begun to fight.
So cowboy up. Be of good cheer. Don't despair and remind me of these words when I despair (yes, I mean you, my dear wife and faithful reader). Go home tonight and enjoy the company of your spouse and family. Have a good dinner, not the dinner of a condemned man but the dinner of one who knows he has a marathon to run tomorrow and over the next two years.
I'm working on an entry containing advice for the Republican party, assuming that they want to re-take the House and Senate and keep the Presidency in two years. Watch for it.
