Some readers are blaming the potential for a McCain and congressional losses on this 2004 post of mine. I should note: a) I don’t run the world, the country, or even the Right. Heck, I don’t even run my office — the books that overwhelm it do. And, sometimes, Mark Levin’s radio show is on so loud I think he might. b) I never made the deal. I wrote: “I contend this is the most important election of many of our lifetimes. I’m almost willing to make a deal and give the Dems 2008 if we can have this one.”

Elections matter. Was that “the most important election of many of our lifetimes”? Would the surge have happened with John Kerry in office? Elections matter. Think the war. Think judges. Think of this: Even if you are a conservative who hates George Bush and thinks he is a disaster: John Roberts, Samuel Alito. That’s an important legacy. And it won’t be Barack Obama’s.

So vote. And don’t let MSNBC get you down.