If they win.

And it looks like they may.  as I write this, I am considering the lines seen at the polling places I have passed this morning.  Its a midterm, yet the election has an energized electorate.  Its as if there is a problem that has a number of folks scrambling to answer.  I must also consider the words of a voter to me about being: "A Democrat, who will never vote for a Democrat.. Ever again.."

No doubt there are many who have been disappointed with how their party has been hijacked by the crazy far left  and its totemic beacon BH Obama. In this state they see their gubernatorial selection perhaps even more so a radical fringe lefty who would as quickly serve the special interest of labor, and the forces that are a part of it's ideology.  For many democrats, who consider themselves in the mold of Kennedy, or perhaps even FDR, it seems the extreme end of the current administration's goals are even too far into a threshold they would rather not see.

The Republicans will have their opportunity.. again.

Will they be afraid of appearing as "ideologues" of the right, and back peddle on what is truly powering this current reform movement?  Will they fall quickly to emotional plays that have been used for so many years to justify an oversized bureaucratic monstrosity we call government?  Will they forget WHY in two short years, the Republican party has gone from being considered 'finished' to one that has not only renewed life, but that might also be given a MANDATE?

If the Republicans who are elected to office do not understand where the source of today's corrections are coming from, then they might not ever.

Its never been so clear in my lifetime, that people understand the failure of 'great societies', extreme environmentalism, divisive politics, and elite power mongering.  The voters get it, want it gone, and are stepping up to the plate to fix it.

And its being done peacefully.  Peacefully, and without hate from those the president considers his "enemies."  People have from nearly the start of the current hard left turn in the country's 'rule' stood firm, and with solidarity against such a turn.  People from all walks of life, both young and old, from Newberry to New Mexico, have stood in weather of all types to exclaim "this [new socialist agenda] is not what this country stands for!"  And in doing so, have faced ridicule, initially from all sides it seemed.

But we did not stand alone.

Gradually, a Tea Party effort which began the pull back, and potentially the resurrection of the Republican party, gained numbers from all sides of the political spectrum.  And with a stronger conservative element within the movement, it gained in numbers and credibility.  A great number of individuals who would coalesce around IDEAS, not to form a new party, but to express a great dissatisfaction for the movement by government into areas that are usually reserved for dictators and despots.

A line was drawn.

And the gains made today by an energized electorate come with strings. The Michigan Republican party slogan is quite appropriate.  This is one last opportunity to get it right, to show bold colors over those pale pastels, to demonstrate courage under fire, and bring this state and country back.  There is a tenuous relationship the Republican party appears to currently have with a very active and concerned electorate.