The Elizabeth Warren phenomenon

In the scramble to defend against Sarah Palin, the Democrats have found that
irony is not a strong enough defense. But now they could have found their
secret weapon: Elizabeth Warren. The century can now begin.

The professional left is not ready to back an Obama primary challenge quite
yet, The Hill reports. But suddenly the Democrats are finding again that
amazing grace which arises from the heartland and periodically renews. Forget Keynes,
Marx and even Hayek. Forget Greenspan and Bernanke and Summers. The vigorous
American life force was built by John Wesley and George Whitefield. Forget
Barack and Bill and Hillary with their bribes and lies and squalid celebrity friends
and those tired Kennedy look-alikes (parking their yachts in Newport, like Jack)
and the debilitating leftovers from the ’60s who yearn to bask in the glow of
the super-rich Martha’s Vineyard.

Elizabeth Warren is the antidote. She is the Wesleyan avatar. She comes with a
sword, and it is the Protestant Ethic. The Democrats should be delighted that
it could be offered to them. She could potentially be to Barack Obama what
Scott Brown was to Ted Kennedy: the Future.

It is time that they depart in disgrace those who have nothing left. Like New
Hampshire Democrat Timothy Horrigan whom The Associated Press reports quips on
Facebook: “dead Palin wd be even more dangerous than a live one . . . [she] is
all about her myth & if she was dead she cdn’t commit any more gaffes.” And
New Hampshire Democrat Keith Halloran, who likewise commented “Just wish Sarah
and Levy were on board,” in reference to the plane crash that killed former Alaska
Sen. Ted Stevens (R).

It is time for the Democrats to leave it behind and join the world. Elizabeth Warren
gives them the opportunity.

The renewal spirit on this continent is Dorothy; she arises from the agrarian
heartland, giving courage to the coward, heart to the timid and brilliance to
the dim. She always rises from the heartland. She is Sarah Palin and Jack
London. She is Elizabeth Warren and John Wesley.

It is fantasy football right now, but an Elizabeth Warren ticket with someone
like businessman-senator from Virginia Mark Warner as VP would give the
Democrats a fighting chance to join the century by 2012. Because right now they
are on the waterfront with Terry Malloy, facing a one-way ticket to
Palookaville.

Visit Mr. Quigley’s website at http://quigleyblog.blogspot.com.