PrintDecember 11, 2010
Who Governs?
Sledgehammers have delivered messages more subtly than the American electorate delivered theirs to President Obama and the Democrats on November 3. "Shellacking" doesn't even begin to describe it. "Lunched," a schoolyard term from my youth meaning "to render into lunchmeat," comes closer to the mark -- but no, even that doesn't quite capture a level of voter rage that fomented a historic shift of 63 seats in the House, leaving the Dems 26 seats short of a majority.Well, let's just say that a lot of senators and congressmen should count themselves lucky that Walmart didn't have a sale on tar and feathers on Election Day. And let us note also that tar doesn't care what it's stuck to. It sticks just as well to Republicans, should the GOP fail to do the job the American people elected them to do. There's plenty of room, I'm guessing, among the moose heads above the Palin mantelpiece for the heads of McConnell and Boehner.The...(Read Full Article)
