October 11, 2012

Take A Chill Pill

Watch The War Room with Jennifer Granholm for stuff like this… and other, better, stuff, too..

Alright everyone, just calm down. Take a deep breath. Step away from the Twitter. Put down your ticket to Canada. Everything’s going to be okay. Let me repeat – for both your sake and mine – everything’s going to be okay.

It’s been a bumpy week since the first debate. Romney is gaining in the polls. The Republicans seem energized. Even improving jobs numbers haven’t slowed the Mitt-mentum.

Suddenly, progressive voices – from blogs to newspapers to my boss on TV – have been in a panic, wailing and gnashing their teeth over the impending 8 years of a Romney White House with a 99-1 Senate majority and 9 Scalias on the bench. “Oh no, the sky is falling, all is lost!”

Let’s all just relax. I don’t mean let’s all get complacent – we need to work harder now than ever – but… (more…)