I suppose I should say something about the elections. \u00a0It\u2019s incredibly frustrating, to be honest: Mitch McConnell vows to go scorched earth, fight everything, make Obama a one-term president, and then six years later gets a majority in Congress because people are fed up with the obstruction and check out. \u00a0Which is really the secret, because the low turnout is what put the GOP over the top (in addition to the disproportionate vulnerability of Democrats defending seats won int he 2008 Obama victory). \u00a0The Democrats have to figure out how to make people turn out in the off years and not cede the field to the aging racists on their Medicare scooters forwarding scare mail about immigrants to everyone in sight.<\/p>\n
I can pretty much guarantee you that there will be at least one shutdown attempt and one impeachment attempt in the next two years. \u00a0They\u2019ll find some excuse. \u00a0Forget everything you hear about the \u201cmoderate Republicans\u201d or the \u201cgrownups\u201d – there\u2019s not a dime\u2019s worth of difference between the GOP and the Tea Party, there never was, and the successful laundering of the Republican label in the wake of 2008 while going even further to the right is one of the amazing mysteries of our time. \u00a0Ted Cruz is driving this bus, folks, and he sees the 45th President every time he looks in the mirror. \u00a0And don\u2019t underestimate the chance of Clinton Fatigue dragging Hillary down to the point where he – or another of his neb-confederate pals in Amen Corner – finds himself in the Oval Office on January 20, 2017.<\/p>\n
Better days are coming. \u00a0They can\u2019t live forever. \u00a0The only catch is, can we last long enough to ride it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I suppose I should say something about the elections. \u00a0It\u2019s incredibly frustrating, to be honest: Mitch McConnell vows to go scorched earth, fight everything, make Obama a one-term president, and then six years later gets a majority in Congress because people are fed up with the obstruction and check out. \u00a0Which is really the secret, … <\/p>\n