Ive had a case of deja vu today.
Im noticing the tone. Im seeing the enthusiasm. And Im digging out from the sheer volume of e-mails Ive been getting today about that CNBC dude. The reaction to Rick Santellis Chicago-trading-floor incident this morning echoes the emotional reaction my inbox had to Sarah Palins convention speech this summer.
I make no endorsements. Its just an observation.
I think people are hungry for someone who is fed up with the way things are and who seem to believe in something enough to know there in an alternative worth fighting for. Some of the voices may be far from perfect, but Americans are looking for signs of the life of an alternative. And so if a representative pops up someone who appears to have roots and energy, folks will cheer them on in the hopes theres a candidate here. Maybe not a presidential candidate, but a leader of some sort. Someone who can offer a vision of something other than a culture of bailout.
Today, Rick Santelli was that sign of life.
Naw, I want Mark Sanford, not Santelli.
Santelli was wonderful. Yesterday. Is it my imagination that today he sold out? (I’m not talking about recanting on the word “losers.”)
That's why Santelli will be destroyed next week.