Down, but Not Out

Certainly, last night was a bad one for Republicans, and no one The Oracle has read has attempted to sugarcoat it. That being said, those sky-is-falling Republicans talking as though some massive, unchangeable realignment has occurred are simply wrong. Anyone fearing such should note this remark by Mark Rose:

I have heard several reasons being attributed to the Democrats' victory, such as anti-war sentiment, anti-Bush sentiment, and anti-GOP sentiment. I have yet to hear pro-Democrat sentiment as a reason for the Democrats' win.

The American public repudiated a Republican establishment that in many ways merited repudiation. That public can be won back by principled and visionary leadership.