Posted by
Crescen7(Regis Matejcik) on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 3:28:33 PM
Barack Obama out polled John McCain in the only poll that matters last night. It's hard to imagine the outcome yielding much in the way of things that are good for Americans who hold conservative values. But, alas, every cloud has a silver lining.
It allows the conservative movement to identify the posers. Those that don't really have or respect conservative principles but play on the team they believe will win in an effort to enhance their own careers. (Do you hear me Peggy Noonan ?) When the political tide turns once again, we can welcome back their votes - but never trust their leadership.
We may have quantified the value of campaign cash. Obama had the closest thing to an unlimited supply of money as has ever existed. Still, McCain held his own with the available cash. It doesn't seem that McCain was as short on cash as he was on a coherent message. His bungling of the psuedo crisis generated by secretary Paulson may go down in campaign history as a faux paux of that rivals Dukakis on the tank. Even so, with bunbling funbling message in tow, McCain, buoyied by unlikely support from Limbaugh, Levin, Hannity et al; hung tough until the last day.
I think it's fair to say the conservative base is strong, conservative principles are strong, the conservative media is strong, but the Republican candidate was weak.