“We’re up against a machine that is desperate – they know the country is angry and rejecting their job killing policies. So they’re going to go all out to win.”

The key question is whether we are willing to go all out too.

Newt Gingrich and the Power Of 10.

UPDATE - yeah, I can’t leave it at that. Gingrich writes:

There is a rising political tide in the United States, a wave that could usher in the biggest realignment of the U.S. Congress in decades.

Okay, but, see, I don’t like that metaphor. “Tide.” “Wave.” Well, maybe “wave.” Not sure.

Gingrich’s organization is trying to get the grassroots going: get ten million votes by getting lots and lots of people to:

• Recruit 10 friends by email to vote for job creators

• Make 10 phone calls to recruit voters for job creators

• Knock on 10 doors and explain the need to vote for job creators

Stuff like that.

What he’s trying to create here is more like the “butterfly effect.” You know: a butterfly in Africa flaps its wings, and that tiny disturbance of the air reacts with a million other tiny disturbances of the air until it produces a hurricane a thousand miles away.

Get a few people to do a little work, and maybe that turns into results far greater than the initial effort required to begin.

Hm. Yeah. A hurricane isn’t the greatest political metaphor. Too many bad connotations. Let’s call it a “tempest.” He’s trying to create a tempest, which I suppose would also create waves. Big ones. Okay, fine, I was wrong about “wave” being the wrong metaphor. Sue me.

Coincidentally, I had a brief comment conversation with Sunshine State Sarah today about Frank J.’s plan to nuke the moon, whether he means it as a parody or not, and what the effect of literally nuking the moon might have on union jobs. It would affect the tides, see.