Shout out to Bob Redford for putting this election in perspective.  Speaking in Ireland, Mr. Redford pointed out:

"I think Obama is not tall on experience . . . but I believe he's a really good person. He's smart. And he does represent what the country needs most now, which is change.

"I hope he'll win. I think he will. If he doesn't, you can kiss the Democratic Party goodbye. I think we need new voices, new blood. We need to get a whole group out, get a new group in."

Word.  Welcome to the world of ObamaFest, young Bob.  If Obama goes down then the Democratic Party remains in the hands of same old scoundrels and idiots, including:

-The Chris Dodds and Barney Franks, both taking favors from the U.S. banks they should have been regulating, and both now crafting taxpayer bailouts of said banks.

-The Hillary Clintons and Joe Bidens, both with the blood of 4,000 U.S. soldiers on their hands, yet both refusing to apologize.

-The Harry Reids and Steny Hoyers, both possessing the most awful combination of hatefulness and incompetence.

- The Nancy Pelosi's and Rahm Emanuels, squandering the mandate of the 2006 election that gave them the power to clean up Congress.  Thanks for the continued earmarks, kids, along with the continued war, deficits, housing crisis, and runaway government spending. 

- And all the fucking do-nothings who simply take their fat paychecks and cushy pensions while watching the country go down the shitter.  Were looking at you, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Kent Conrad, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin and Charles Schumer. 

The point Mr. Redford is making, which we completely agree with, is that despite all of Barack Obama's electoral successes, there are not a lot of Barack Obama-types coming up behind him. 

These are the stakes of this election.