Wall Street shutdown, city schools closed down, transportation clampdown, hatches battened down and citizens told to hunker down to ride out the most severe weather system in recent memory. Boy, we couldn't have prayed for a better chance to bang out hyperbolic copy like that. In the midst of a raging, partisan, hate fueled political battle, this is gold!
The masses are huddling, more than 8 million in New York City alone as they await the full wrath of Hurricane Sandy. Expected to wreak havoc through widespread flooding, power outages and billions in property damage, the entire northeast is bracing for a crushing economic blow in the hurricane's aftermath.
If all goes poorly, total chaos could ensue if local, state and federal officials fail to perform up to expectations. Should government agencies respond with the competency of a Chinese fire drill, they'll be hell to pay in November. Ergo, politicizing the handling of the most powerful weather system to hit the northeast is inevitable; so lets get to it!
Mitt Romney campaign strategist are in bunkers across the nation, spinning arguments to blame the Obama administration for every fallen leaf, every broken tree limb, every misplaced blade of grass delayed being replaced is due to job killing regulations. In fact, were Mitt Romney president they'll maintain, Hurricane Sandy wouldn't even consider attacking America. Our navy would have frightened it away.
Monitors are lurking about as we type, gauging response times by the nanosecond in finding fault with the administration's handling of this natural disaster. The Fox News Network have already prewritten crisis response copy, while Republican operatives are busy preparing complaints of government inadequacies due to President Obama's misunderstanding of just about everything. Mark our words on this.
When Hurricane Sandy draws first blood, is it the administration to the rescue? Can Barack Obama maintain calm in the eye of the storm? Will the President be able to quiet the fears of uncertainty through quick, strong, decisive and empathic action? If ever there was an opportunity to upstage his competition, this is it!
In a lot of ways, this storm could be a good thing. It could remind Americans what the country can do when they pull together as one republic. It could teach them they don't always have to wait for tragedy to help one another for the good of each other. In a lot of ways, this storm was made for "You".