I wonder how the Wall Street Journal defines the public mood:
John Boehner is no Newt Gingrich, which suits the current public mood. Americans have had their fill of triumphalism and revolution in a House Speaker. But Barack Obama is also no Bill Clinton, a President with a gift for tactical politics and compromise. And therein lies the drama of the next two years as we return to divided government. We’re probably destined more for gridlock than accomplishment, which after the last two years is an accomplishment itself.
I also wonder how you can define ‘gridlock’ as an accomplishment. If you don’t think the government can or should do anything to creat jobs, then gridlock might make sense. Is that really what the public thinks? I know that the Republicans pretend to not believe in climate change, but failing to deal with it could have catastrophic consequences. The president says that we’re losing out on a chance to get into the clean energy market and the Chinese and Europeans are eating our lunch. How does gridlock help us there?
But, wait! Why am I arguing with the Wall Street Journal?
