From an Anchorage Republican to Pres.-Elect O.:

As someone who cares deeply about the issues surrounding race and ethnicity in America, I sincerely hope that your Presidency can contribute to moving us towards a more color-blind society.

On campaign finance:

your campaign has thankfully shown that public financing is dead. I think most fellow conservatives would agree that one of our most vehement disagreements with Sen. McCain was his support of public financing of campaign. While your explanation of not taking public money was disingenuous at best, it gives both parties a chance to compete for creative ways to raise money and gives the country a chance to call for more transparency in campaign finance.

A look at Republican campaigning:

In this election, the GOP has shown that revolving too much around a “campaign command center” can cause inflexibility and limited mobility in a grassroots organization.

He’s “the first Internet President”:

You have a large netroots organization behind you. How will they play in a governing position vs. playing in a campaigning position? You come into the White House with a divided Democratic Party: the netroots far left vs. the grassroots center-left. Where will you govern from? Will you try to merge the netroots with the grassroots?

From Republicans, what?

From your tax proposals to your health care plan to your foreign policy to your philosophy of government, expect a “loyal opposition” from a changed Republican Party. . . .  You will face a conservative movement that will come up with creative counter-solutions that the American people can be informed of, or a movement that will look back to old messages that don’t work. . . .  a conservative movement that will promote principles of freedom or promote a watered-down version of more government. One thing is for sure: you will face a conservative movement yearning for a new set of leaders.

The gauntlet thrown:

I will do my utmost to fight against every one of your proposals that limits freedom, and fight for every one of your proposals that promote freedom, although I am pessimistic about your plans to do the latter. From my point of view, it’s not government’s job to make history; that’s a job that should be left to the American people.

A friendly enough close:

But for making history tonight, congratulations once again, Mr. President-Elect.

Sincerely,

MM

Michael Moore holding O’s feet to fire:

The faith we now have will be lost if he forgets the main issue on which he beat his fellow Dems in the primaries and then a great war hero in the general election: The people of America are tired of war. Sick and tired. And their voice was loud and clear yesterday.

Wants him to pull out of Afghanistan. 

Woe is us.  Almost no bright side to this.  Taxers and spenders in charge.  Believers in what got us to this economic pass now running things.  Even our heroes believe in government beyond what any sane person should.  New party coming maybe.  Remade Republicans, that is. 

We don’t have McCain to pick on any more.  He can go back to his bipartisanship.  It gave us and him a law inhibiting free speech before elections which by various twists and turns worked specifically against him this time around.  His opponent reneged, saw his opening and took it, in pragmatic fashion. 

Somewhere in this blog is me wondering if David Axelrod were out of his depth on the national scene.  I’m leaving it there for my own disedification as object lesson in not venturing beyond one’s own depth (mine).

The Age of Sarah has dawned, in any event.  First of all, she’s a campaigner of the first water.  How do you win without one?  Second, she has terrific instincts.  Repeats herself in bald, even bland terms too often, but also has zingers to burn.  Third, she’s smart.  The 2012 campaign has its first candidate.

More later, in fact more more more . . .