Is politics as usual dying?

After watching last night's pa-10 race it dawned on me. The machine that was once the GOP is proven to be weak and those in control of the republican party are beginning to lose their grip. The voters are beginning to voice their disgust at where the party leaders want the GOP to head.

On the Presidential level we had two strong candidates with a machine behind them: Romni and Guliani. The voters spoke all across the country and both once front runners are now history. The voters were not impressed with who the party wants in office. The party leaders are proven to be out of touch with the voters. Instead of wanting Romni or Guliani as our candidate the voters pushed two 2nd tier candidates to the forefront: Huckabee and McCain. Neither had a machine but got a lot of momentum when they realized that the machine can be broken. Obviously the voters didn't like who the GOP wanted us to choose. If the voters didn't speak up Mike Huckabee would have never had the opportunity presented to him. It just goes to show that the liberal media is wrong AGAIN: the conservative movement is not dead

Here in the 10th we had a very close race between two business owners. Meuser had a machine in place. He had the entire party locked down to the point that the 2nd tier candidate and the two third tier candidates had no other choice but to drop out. The machine in place also put Hackett in a quasi-underdog position. Meuser outspent Hackett. Meuser had more lawn signs in key areas. Meuser bought the party leadership. Hackett still faced the machine and won. In order to do so he had to spend over $600,000 of his own money - something no other candidate in the race could do to compete. I wish Hackett a lot of luck and he's going to need it. even if he doesn't beat Carney he did something for the - according to Obama - disgruntled middle-class voters of PA: he gave us hope that the machine can be beaten.

I may be dreaming but the schism in the party is starting to revive the conservative movement and giving the voters some real options. Maybe one day party leadership can decide to listen to the voters regroup and stick to its traditional conservative roots.