From blog member Lee Penn
Stampede
Lee: The Republicans are trying to convince themselves that they are on the rebound ...

There is this final line of the article:

That thundering sound in the distance might be a solid phalanx of elephants, on the move once more.

which deserves this Biblical analogy:

And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

- Rev. 13:4