Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Per Charley Pierce: "By any conventional measure, and entirely through their own fault, the Republicans have produced a field of candidates so utterly comical, so completely devoid of conventional political merit, that the field itself is a strong evidence for the elimination of the Republican party."
When Obama was elected four years ago it seemed to me that the Republican party was on the verge of irrelevance, a regional force with declining influence. Of course I was wrong: I'd failed to reckon with the power of anger, and the generally fearful nature of the American electorate, and its plain old stupidity as well. The Republican Party isn't going away. Too bad. Fortunately, its continued existence provides Peirce with an opportunity to fulminate exquisitely about things that matter. Is he the best writer on politics working today? Well, there is Matt Taibbi to consider.
When Obama was elected four years ago it seemed to me that the Republican party was on the verge of irrelevance, a regional force with declining influence. Of course I was wrong: I'd failed to reckon with the power of anger, and the generally fearful nature of the American electorate, and its plain old stupidity as well. The Republican Party isn't going away. Too bad. Fortunately, its continued existence provides Peirce with an opportunity to fulminate exquisitely about things that matter. Is he the best writer on politics working today? Well, there is Matt Taibbi to consider.
// posted by Bill @ 10:21 AM 
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