William F. Buckley was right

In David Frum's new post over at The New Majority he channels William F. Buckley:

Many years ago, at another dark time for conservatism, William F. Buckley did a marvelous interview. It's collected in his book of columns, Inveighing We Will Go. I'll have to quote from memory here, but the interview concluded with an explanation from Bill about the mission of National Review as he then saw it. We are maintaining an air strip in the jungle. And when the planes begin to land, we'll be there to welcome them - coffee and coke on the house.

That is the spirit that the GOP needs now. After all Obama won approximately 10 million more votes than McCain did. Luckily, many of those right-of-center voters who decided to go with Obama out of frustration with the Republican Party now have reason to regret their decision. We need to encourage and include any converts we can if we hope to make significant gains in 2010 and 2012.