Lisa:

This one’s for you (from my last year’s Christmas sing-along).

• Rudy the Red-State Nightmare
(To the tune “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”)
Rudy the red-state nightmare
Liberal and twice divorced;
Written off as a RINO
For positions he’d endorsed.
G.O.P. national leaders
Wouldn’t give him time of day.
Certain that heartland voters
Would choke on Rudy’s résumé.
Then one clear September morn
Terror paid a call.
Rudy took charge from the start,
Stirred the nation’s wounded heart.
Now Rudy’s out campaigning.
Will that memory be enough?
It will, if we want a leader
Capable, and smart, and tough.