Inspiration is a potent force. [View All]

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You can scoff at it. You can say it's irrelevant. You can dismiss it entirely.

But that won't change the fact that inspiration is powerful and meaningful in its own right.

In political life the ability to inspire is the single most powerful element a politician can posess.

It gets people out to caucuses and to the polls.

It engages people and makes them part of something.

It is not a substitute for policy, but implementing policy is light years easier if you can inspire.

It changes the political landscape everytime.

It is far more effective in a campaign than policy specifics.

All great efforts start with inspiration.


It does not mean that the person doing the inspiriring has nothing else to recommed them.

It does not mean that the person doing the inspiring is a cult figure.


Belittle it all you want, but it's a driving force. There is no substitute for it.

It's what great campaigns and movements are built on.