People in Hell Want Ice Water

I was astonished to see a NYT article headlined “Republicans unity brings unexpected success.” Didn’t I just read that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had a $28 million edge over the GOP this year? What about all those poll numbers, all those Republican officials declining to seek reelection, and the party jumpers? They call this success?

But reading on, it turns out that the GOP is proud of themselves for keeping the war going, and for defeating the children’s health insurance bill.

If that’s all they got to run on, I’m way happy for them. The Democratic congressional majorities have proven themselves to be nutless wonders, caving to the administration on war funding and domestic surveillance. (At least my rep’s not the only one.) Granted, they ain’t much, but they’re the only horse we got. If we just send more of ‘em next time, we’ll have what we need to start turning things around.

One thing I hope to see from this primary season (besides a prolonged contest where candidates are compelled to take stands on issues and defend them against competing ideas) is the return to irrelevance of the GOP, demonstrated as their primary turnout across the country is dwarfed by the multitudes polling with the Democrats.