The Great Awakening

I posted two excerpts immediately below from George Will's speech last night at at the Hillsdale College Center For Constitutional Studies & Citizenship. As always when it comes to Mr. Will, whether in a speech or a column, it is highly entertaining. You can find it here and I recommend it without reservation. His speech begins around the 33:00 minute mark.

He said two things I took particular note of, because they coincide with my own thoughts. I mentioned in my post on Christine O'Donnell that 2010 is "the most interesting, and perhaps the most important, political year of my lifetime." Mr. Will says the same thing during the speech, that 2010 is the most interesting political moment in his forty years as a columnist.

The second thing has to do with the title of this post. Last week I sent this link to a friend via email with a one sentence question: "Are we in the middle of a Great Awakening?" Mr. Will tells a questioner during the Q&A part of his speech that the 2010 elections will become known as "The Great Awakening."

I've said before in this space that the writings of George Will, with a helping hand from Bill Buckley, were the thing most instrumental in making me a conservative. Clearly the man has taught me well.