Month: November 2010

Bad Faith in Plain Sight

What are the Republicans’ top priorities? Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) will say Thursday that defeating President Obama is Republicans’ “only way” to truly halt his agenda....

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To Live (or Life after the Deluge)

What is the ultimate defeat? Trust me, it is not losing an election to a bunch of ignorant right wing Tea Party know nothings. It is not a nation descending into political madness and gridlock. It is not even death. No, the...

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Stupid Questions about Gridlock

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...

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Give the GOP Credit for Their Victory

I like Bob Johnson’s take on why we had our asses handed to us last night, but one thing most liberals won’t admit is that the Republicans deserve a lot of credit. I know that it’s hard to give credit to a...

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