HE'S GOT SOWELL - AT 10:49 A.M. ET:  From Thomas Sowell's excellent column on the power of words in today's Washington Times:

Barack Obama is today's most prominent example of the power of words. Conversely, the understated patrician style of country club Republicans is no small part of their many problems.

It is no accident that by far the most successful Republican politician of our lifetime - Ronald Reagan - was a man who did not come from that country club background but someone born among the people and who knew how to communicate with the people.

COMMENT:  True.  But even leaders from patrician backgrounds, like Franklin D. Roosevelt, as I point out at today's Angel's Corner, can develop the knack for speaking to ordinary people.  The GOP will have plenty of candidates who can do it, but the party must have a winning, positive message.  The Sowell column contains some excellent insights.

March 7, 2009