Well, the newly ascended Crown Prince Barry Hussein Obama has been in power for almost 24 hours now, and as of yet, there seems to be no sign of the Four Horsemen barreling down Pennsylvania Avenue.  Yet, somehow, the Conservative in me cannot help but picture them saddling up while their steeds chomp at the bit to declare an end to individual accountability, capitalistic incentive, military power, and general social restraint.  In short:  the inevitable battle between Left and Right is no longer simply inevitable, it is impending.

   For all the fawning media attention, swooning masses, and flowery rhetoric, there is the basic notion that at some point the rubber will meet the road and therein perception will no longer be able to eclipse reality.  That will be gut-check time for millions of Americans all across the political spectrum.  Despite their previous allegiances, predispositions, or voter rolls, they will be forced to evaluate the man behind the veneer. 

   Issues such as the abortion, taxes, the War on Terror, immigration, and increased federal spending will clearly delineate the ideological battle lines.  With both houses of Congress firmly tucked away in the hands of increasingly-power mad Democrats, the skirmishes promise to be heavily stacked in their favor.  And with a media that is still so rapt in the proclaimed glow of His Highness Prince Barry Hussein O, it is unlikely that the general populace will be aware of the day to day battles, tactics, and consequences.  What they will be aware of, though, is the shifting dynamics of the world around them.

   When more babies are sacrificed at the altar of "choice", when more terror jihadists are treated like pickpockets rather than enemy combatants, when more illegal aliens lay claim to "rights" previously reserved for actual citizens, and when more and more hardworking individuals find they are allowed to keep less and less as almost half of their fellow citizens pay literally nothing in taxes then and only then will the truth that should have been apparent last November become all too painfully clear.

   This is not a battle for control of the White House or Congress.  It is not a struggle for favorable airtime on the national network news.  It is not even a tussle over the goodwill of the American citizenry.  It is nothing less and nothing more than a true fight for the basic principals and soul of the United States of America. 

   The cheers and poems that currently echo from the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial and out over the National mall will soon be replaced by the grumblings of the disappointed or disaffected.  They will join with the chorus of the Conservative faithful to create a cacophonous groundswell proclaiming that all is not well.  We citizens of America, NOT the world, will slowly but most assuredly take back the keys to our shining city on a hill as we expose the emperor wardrobe as nothing more than smooth tones and good P.R.  So, for now, His Highness basks in the glow and adulation.  But if he listens closely enough, he will hear the ravenous applause replaced by the thundering hoof beats of the return of true Conservative ideas.