And then depression set in.

Riehl:

Having experienced the Reagan Revolution, I had high hopes going into 2012. They're all but gone now.

And,

This isn't a serious political movement right now, it's a clown show, one with which I'm coming to resent being affiliated.

So delicious.

Memo to Dan: it's been a clown show for many years. As ye sow, so shall ye reap.