“After all the years of instruction, all the textbooks on U.S. rapacity and greed, all the college lectures on the evil and injustice the U.S. had supposedly visited on the world, something inside these young rose up to tell them they were Americans. That something lies in the hearts of Americans across the land and it is those hearts to which the candidate will have to speak.”
I think the author’s point is that being AGAINST something is NOT ENOUGH.
You have to be FOR something else - something better.
I think some of the commentors are missing the point of this piece - or I could be wrong.
Yes, you are right - the author is right in a Republican candidate has to be FOR something better in order to win. People are inspired by something positive more than they are moved by something negative - it’s basic salesmanship 101. Look at Barack Obama in 2088: he said, “Yes We Can!” and people were inspired to vote for BO.
I think the Tea Party has been somewhat successful in reviving the flame of Liberty amongst a disaffected citizenry. Harking back to the Founders vision is positive theme we can build on - if the RINOs would STFU.