Let the Pols fear the vote 

This is the message that needs to go to every RINO.

No Incumbent is Safe

Buried in Tuesday’s defeat of nine-term incumbent Wayne Gilchrest is a message that should be heeded by incumbents everywhere. You must earn the support of the people you represent. When Gilchrest was first elected, incumbents were considered nearly unbeatable. But during the 18 years he served in Washington, the world changed and he failed to change with it. The change is not Fox News, YouTube and text messaging. They are symptoms of the change. The real change is that elected officials can be held more accountable. And if you forget this lesson, someone will remind you. [snip]

The political world is shifting and will take many years to settle. The New Media is having an impact on this shift and candidates ignore it at their own peril. But in the meantime, the Gilchrest-Harris campaign proved beyond all else this single lesson: No incumbent is truly safe.

They never should have that complacency.

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February 15, 2008 at 1:27 pm | Trackback