Finny, I’m praying things can hold until the 2016...
Honestly, I don't think there's much hope for 2016 -- barring Ted Cruz, I think I would make a better President than any name I've heard seriously thrown out.
(Here's my plan for dealing with the invasion.)
I have only been hoping so ... funny that it takes your gentle reminder for me to PRAY for it as well. I will join you, and should have already! Though I do pray for America always.
I pray for a miracle and because miracles DO happen, I am sanguine. I pray that a true second party figure (could be Palin, could be Cruz, could be someone yet to be recognized) emerges to embody the majority of Americans who want to drive government back into the servants quarters where it belongs. That political antidote to America's problems has been increasingly removed from voters' options, and they have become cynical and apathetic because of it. This IS salvageable at the ballot box if simple fast steps were taken to fortify vote integrity with minimum requirements, including ID, legal residence, and English.
Americans are for the most part good people who believe in doing right by their fellow Americans. Reagan knew this. It is as true today as it was when he was alive.
However, a final straw will break a camel's back at some point. It's getting now so it's playing chicken.
Pretty spooky around here.