You have to admit, Gov. Jindal really does a good impersonation. Now do Columbo!!!

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"Mr. Jindal, after this horrible speech, what are you going to do next?"

"I'm going to Disney World!!!"

Seriously, after last night's debacle, I'd probably shy away from the limelight too. Not only was Gov. Jindal outmatched in terms of oratory skill, he was clearly unprepared for the national spotlight. His message was both outdated and spoken as if America was a nation of five-year-olds. To which I can only make the point, REALLY REPUBLICANS?

I cannot help but wonder what the fate of the Republican Party is after this response. After the 2008 election, it is obvious that Americans are looking for a change in politics -- tax cuts and deregulation are not the answer, it is what got us into the mess. This is a time for action; if you are not going to help, than at least come up with an idea to get us out of this mess.

The longer the party continues to fight a civil war, the longer the party fights to do nothing, the longer the party continues to promote clearly unqualified politicians merely because of their race or gender, the longer the party listens to racists idiots like Rush Limbaugh, the longer the party spouts exclusive politics instead of inclusive politics -- the less relevant they become.

In times of great crisis, Americans turn to a party of ideas, a party of "I dream of things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'" as opposed to a party of "I hope he fails!" This is one of those times.

Also, to be noted, crises are times for great social progress. Despite fighting a civil war, Lincoln developed a transcontinental railroad system, gave a couple of good speeches, implemented the Legal Tender Act of 1862 -- issuing the nation's first paper currency (prior to this, local banks developed their own tender. That's right, there used to be a Union Street National Bank $8 bill, a Wall Street Banking Co. $13 bill, etc.), oh -- and did something about uh... um... Oh yeah, he instituted Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

Despite facing an economic depression and later fighting World War II, President Roosevelt instituted The New Deal, a system that implemented mass production of roads, parks, construction projects, the HFA -- housing projects, social programs, the creation of the atomic bomb, and pushed us out of economic hardship.

Let this serve as a lesson to the Democratic Party now; that it is when times our tough that Americans need a person to say, "Yes," instead of "No." We need a leader to say, "Times are tough, but we shall overcome." I believe that Bush, Buchanan, and Hoover -- the ultimate "no you can't" men -- have had their chance and seen their method fail. I believe that until the Republicans can honestly formulate a plan of action other than tax cuts, tax cuts, and more tax cuts, that our country will feature only one major party -- until those two begin to fragment (which will eventually happen without a challenger to bind them together), the Democratic Party will reach great new heights.

We can only hope.