Political Marathoners Wanted!

Here’s something to think about. Many have called this election the most important election in our life time. The tea parties are going strong. Politicians are afraid. People are getting involved. You may have walked petitions for yourself and others. You feel energized.

What if things don’t go as well as we hope this year? What if the bottom drops out? What if your petition is rejected by the board of elections? What if your candidate doesn’t win? What if we don’t even take back one house in either the state house or Congress?

I don’t expect these all to happen, but you never know. I think we need to look at what we are doing as a process and not an event. Some people might say that if we don’t taken control of a county party or even any town party in this election that we have failed. They will be wrong! I want to refocus everyone’s attention to what the task really is and how it will probably go.

I expect that this year we will gain some positions on our town boards. This will not give us much power. We may not be informed as to when the meetings will take place. We may not be looked at as good soldiers but this is O.K. We will have a foothold. In 2 years we will understand what we have to do better and will get more people on boards. We may even be able to elect a chairman in a few towns. In 2 more years we will have more people on the committees and will be in position to fight for seats on the executive committee and maybe even the Chairmanship itself. If not, we make ourselves stronger for the election in 2016.

This is a struggle for the long haul, a marathon not a sprint. I don’t want to see people become discouraged by what doesn’t go our way. When quitters may say, ”What’s the use?” When the impatient say, “See, we told you it wouldn’t work. You should have done it our way.” Our goal is to reclaim our republic and state. We didn’t lose it over night. We will not reclaim it over night But if we do not lose sight of our goal, if we do not become discouraged and quit, we will come out of this having claimed the prize that we seek - A Republic that looks a lot like the one our founding fathers had hoped for