Unelectable!  Unelectable!  The headlines blared.  No, this wasn't the day after the Tea Party win by Christine O'Donnell in Delaware.  It was the stated conventional wisdom discussing the ascendancy of Marco Rubio, who is also running for a US Senate position, but this job is in Florida.  And now we find the turncoat, former governor Charlie Crist, nearly out of the running with Rubio leading the independent by 14 points!  And as Rubio has ascended, can O'Donnel do the same?

While Rubio is on the sea, women are making the waves!  So what's going on here?  How is it that political upstarts like O'Donnell and Rubio are suddenly thrust upon the national stage?  How is it that women like Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina, Sharon Angle, Nikki Haley and of course, Sarah Palin, are taking the political world by storm and seemingly carving out a position as leaders of the re-born conservative movement?

Simply, it is women, who bear our children, raise our families and "bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan", that lead this new resurgence.  Women, who have always been a catalyst in our families are now taking the reins of power at the local and national level in politics.  The newly released film by director Steve Bannon, Fire From The Heartland, explores some of the women in the conservative movement, their association with the Tea Party and of course their life stories.

The film is the second in a trilogy exploring the issues leading up to the financial debacle of 2008 (Generation Zero) to the current activism by these average but noteworthy women.  Their stories look like a page out of Americana, from immigrant families to generations having fought in the War of Independence, to native American roots.  They bring forward their perspectives in a way that the left cannot understand or recognize.  They slay the stereotypes of feminism and put the power, expressed by those feminists thinkers who purported to know, into conservative terms, comfortable with their femininity, their motherhood and their roles as leaders.

But this is more than a film about women.  The fundamental premise is explored in context of our American dream, opportunity and the Founder's view of what it is to be a citizen.  Not only are these women intelligent, attractive and remarkably forthcoming, they share an intimacy in their views that is seldom heard in the shrillness of the main stream media.  And it is this power of persuasion, told through their personal stories, unremarkable in the telling, that brings you to the conclusion that America can be restored if these women lead!

It is not by chance that these women, their actions in the Tea Party movement and the re-birth of conservatism, are making the case for the vast majority of Americans, men and women, sons and daughters.  The clarity of such an expression is further contextualized through the film and current events.  To understand these women is to understand where America is going.  To understand these women is to understand how unremarkable their lives have been until they stepped forward to take on issues that affect their family, community and this nation.

It is no accident that this film, so well done, exemplifies what is taking place across the nation.  The luck of the draw is the coincidence of the film's release and the sea change that is taking place at the voting booth.  Nonetheless, their views are not anecdotal but indeed represent the direction of the nation, reeling after policies which have threatened its very existence.  And this fire from the heartland will burn brightly throughout this election cycle and into the foreseeable future.  It has been stoked by their passion and love of God, country and community.  And in the end, this journey will be far better with them making their mark than if we left it to all the "professionals".  They are the pulse of a nation, the heartland and our history.

You can explore more about the cast and film at www.firefromtheheartland.com .