Putting the Obama Win in Perspective

Bill Whittle at NRO gives us this (h/t Don Surber):

On Tuesday, the Left — armed with the most attractive, eloquent, young, hip, and charismatic candidate I have seen with my adult eyes, a candidate shielded by a media so overtly that it can never be such a shield again, who appeared after eight years of a historically unpopular President, in the midst of two undefended wars and at the time of the worst financial crisis since the Depression and whose praises were sung by every movie, television, and musical icon without pause or challenge for 20 months . . . who ran against the oldest nominee in the country’s history, against a campaign rent with internal disarray and determined not to attack in the one area where attack could have succeeded, and who was out-spent no less than seven-to-one in a cycle where not a single debate question was unfavorable to his opponent — that historic victory, that perfect storm of opportunity . . .

Yielded a result of 53 percent.

Only 53%. With all the qualifiers Whittle included in that one paragraph Obama should have had a 1984-like 49 state victory. But he didn't. There are still plenty of people out there who think like you and me. We just have to get better organized and nominate better candidates. Our message can still win and win big..if we can get somebody who can articulate it.