America's 2010 Message

Just read The Claremont Institute's,  James W. Ceaser's new article,
"The Great Repudiation" and as his opening states:

"Facts speak for themselves."

Righting Our Consent reads a lot of opinions in preparation for our weekly issue of our newsletter. Much has been written about what the results of this election really meant and what it might portend for the near future's politics. This is probably the one best article, which accurately pieces it all together, from this writer's perspective.

Here are two excerpts in particular that demonstrate an accurate assessment of our views:

For many Republicans, and especially the Tea Party movement, the economic issues were linked to a deeper concern. The size of government and the extent of the federal debt represented not only a burden on future generations and a threat to American power, but also a violation of the spirit and letter of the Constitution.

 There was an additional factor in this electoral outcome, then, that was hardly noted or tested in the polls. It was a cultural clash between an elite and much of the public, between liberal intellectuals and the Obama Administration on the one hand, and the Tea Party activists on the other. The one has shown disdain and the other has responded with indignation. It is impossible, then, to say that Barack Obama was not a major factor in this election, for when he was not himself the leader he became the frequent enabler of this dismissal of middle America. That Obama would have to descend from the lofty heights that he inhabited during the campaign and after his election was something that no sane observer-and no doubt Obama himself-could fail to have foreseen. But this loss of bloated charisma has never been the real problem. It has instead been his demeanor as president. Obama modeled himself on Abraham Lincoln, and it is painful in retrospect to draw the contrast in how they have behaved. One showed humility, the other arrogance; one practiced sincerity, the other hypocrisy; one made efforts at cultivating unity, the other seemed to delight at encouraging division; and one succeeded in becoming more and more a man of the people, while the other, despite his harsh populist appeals, has grown more distant.

ROC--Highly recommended reading:
"The Great Repudiation"