We may be seeing the beginnings of a new phenomenon on the political landscape, the rise of the Everyman candidate. New compared to the PR-spawned veneered-tooth phantoms that we have had foisted upon us for the last 20 years, if not longer. Such media creations come from a world that we do not inhabit. Scott Brown does. Sarah Palin does. Col. West does. It could be that these desperate times call for genuine individuals such as these to respond, come to the fore and lead, and these individuals we will follow because they are us. And once this commonality between candidate and voter is established, we're theirs. No amount of money can buy this reality; no amount of speechifying can convince us otherwise against our will and better judgment. We know instinctively whether that person is one of us or not, and no amount of CNN vitriol or MSNBC venom is going change our view.
Great post. Thanks.