"I looked out to see the dawn."

Borepatch on the state of the union.  Read the whole thing.

Something that particularly caught my eye:

This November will see the crushing of what seemed an invincible army of community organizers, ward bosses, and a corrupt media that does not realize that nobody believes them anymore.  It will be a landslide election, the biggest since 1984... 

But it will be only the first part.  The election will be described as a great Republican victory.  That will be mistaken: it will be a Democratic loss.  The day after the election, the Republicans should think on Dave Dewhurst, and Bob Bennett, and Richard Lugar...

I think Borepatch is spot on with this bit of analysis, and particularly in the idea that a Democratic loss does not equal a Republican victory.  It equals a Republican opportunity, nothing more, nothing less.  If Romney and the GOP don't cut to the chase and start doing the job that needs to be done, they are going to have the opportunity to find new employment in 2014 & 2016.

More on this thought later.