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morecowbell says:

On the Krauthammer comments, one of the statements exposed exactly where all these guys are going off the rails.

Kraut said in reference to the O’Donnell result:

“I’d like to see DeMint, Palin now go down to Delaware, spend a couple weeks and elect her now.”

The implication is that DeMint and Palin (or any other political figures) have the power to get folks elected and the voters of Delaware are superfluous lemmings. For them, it’s about the messenger and not the message. That is the paradigm the machines have worked from in the past and where they missed the shift of power that occurred in the Brown and Christie elections. The power has obviously moved out of DC and into the hands of the people, and the DC elites have not yet adapted to the idea they are now observers, not kingmakers.

It’s funny, Palin explicitly defined her criteria for endorsing candidates: conservative principles. It had nothing to do with electability or the personality of the candidates, she chooses people who are conservatives (McCain the exception). Palin has never guaranteed anything, all she has done is point us in the right direction and reminded us WE are responsible for the outcome. Kraut has missed the point that the people of Delaware elected Christine as their candidate, not the political figures. DeMint and Palin don’t need to stump for Christine OD in person, Delawarians have gotten the message and are now acting on it.

This is the real heart of this awakening that seems to have bypassed the comprehension of those with conventional political wisdom (they think it’s a “movement” LOL). We have finally been provoked en mass to awaken from our apathy to take back the responsibility of our destiny.

Palin is not so much leading us in the charge as reminding us that we are in charge and it is OUR responsibility, not the political professionals and special interest groups, to determine where we go….she figured out the age old question of how to lead cats: you don’t because they don’t need to be led … they lead you.