I've been waiting for this for 40 years
It was that long ago that I started seeing small signs of change, not recognizing exactly what I was seeing. But it became clearer as time went by and I found myself with a growing frustration with politicians of all stripes.
SS is in trouble!!! We need to do something about it [maybe next year]
More and more people have no health insurance. We need to do something about it!! [maybe next year]
Medicare is in trouble!! We need to do something about it!! [maybe next year]
We can't pay pensions to our union employees!! We need to do something about it! [maybe next year]
Cities going bankrupt! Too damn late to do something about it. Next year is here, folks! We have a financial cliff ahead of us. We have a president who can't get his head out of his ass - totally at a loss to do anything but what he does best - campaign!
The Tea Party sprang up and they are seriously looking for change and trying to do something about it. It's a start.
We have had one of the ugliest campaigns in my memory and a man campaigning for office who many are too cynical to trust. He's not that well known. He seems a bit stiff. Why is he going to be a damn bit different than the jerk we currently have?
Tonite I could tell this was going to be different. What I saw was YOUNG PEOPLE. The NEW face of the Republican party. I saw John Kasich and Scott Walker and Nicki Haley tell tremendous stories of their state's recovery and a return to fiscal responsibility. I heard Artur Davis speak directly to members of his former party [and IMO specifically to those of his own race] asking them if they were satisfied with what Obama has brought them.
I listened to a woman tell the story of her life with her husband and she made him a lot more real. She also left no doubt he could do the job. He will not FAIL.
And, of course, the icing on this cake - Chris Christie who gave a powerhouse speech. A speech that no longer smacked of political pandering, hi-flying but empty promises, or pom-poms. He spoke honestly and truthfully. Something I've rarely heard from the clowns we've had for far too long in the halls of governmemt.
I see a party who is rebuilding with the best of their young elected officials who will be led and guided down a different path by an older, more experienced and very savvy man.
I look forward to the future with a degree of hope that finally, after 40 years, we MAY [haven't swallowed all my cynicism quite yet] have a party willing to take on those problems and actually try to solve them. No more can kicking!
Watch the polls.
