The Country Is Struggling to Right Itself

A victory in Massachusetts today should not be considered a victory by Republicans over Democrats. Rather, it should be considered as a victory for America. As such, any and all gaffes Coakley may have committed were immaterial, as were any fortuitous remarks or circumstances that boosted Brown. No matter how vociferously the White House and its flacks in the media deny it, this contest represents a referendum on Barack Hussein Obama's performance since he has come to office. Should Brown win outright, it will be a repudiation of his policies, as well as of his arrogance, hubris, and mindless ideology that has resulted in the pictorial rendition of incompetence.

It would continue the thread started with the spontaneous genesis of the tea party movement throughout the nation, running through to the town hall confrontations and culminating in that massive protest march on Washington by ordinary, non-aligned American citizens late last year. Next came the upset elections in New Jersey and Virginia. All this was deliberately ridiculed, downplayed or marginalized by the media and its sham White House creation. But, all the while, pressure was building. People were not dispirited. They simply resolved to fight harder.

To characterize it as a 'fight', perhaps, does it an injustice. It makes it seem hard; a slog up-hill; against the grain. It isn't that at all. It's only natural: that burst of adrenalin and determination that kicks in when an intruder enters the house in the dead of night and threatens one's family.

I just finished reading Heinrich von Kleist's (1777-1811) short story: "The Earthquake in Chile". His point was that after the earthquake - that levels everything - is over, men in short order will continue where they left off. All the good, all the bad resumes as if the (proverbial) earthquake never happened. So too it will be with America. The dust is now settling after the earthquake that brought Obama to power. The country is struggling to right itself. A Brown victory is just another step in that direction.