Majoritarianism Makes For Many Excuses

For example, it's given Fussy Russy Feingold a way off the foolish limb that was his supposed quixotic presidential bid. On the other hand, it's also put triumphant and newly minted independent Senator Joe Lieberman in the Jumpin' Jim Jeffords gorilla position to switch caucuses if the Dems do anything he doesn't like. Given the shabby way his own party treated him during this past campaign and the overwhelming Republican support he received, Dirty Harry might want to tread very carefully indeed if he wants to become, and remain, Senate Majority Leader. The question will be, is he capable of that kind of self-restraint?

Crazy Speaker Nancy obviously isn't. She's backing "Haw-Haw" Joe Murtha for the House Majority Leader post over her quasi-centrist whip Steny Hoyer, a move that doesn't exactly herald a cautious, take-it-slow approach to governing over the next two years. Neither is this story making it clear that the Democrats fully intend to kill the NSA terrorist surveillance program stone-cold dead. And does the fact that DNC Chairman Howard Dean chose to appear on Comedy Central to claim that the Democrats "won't impeach Bush" have the same symbolism to you that it does to me?

The Donks are gonna go hog-wild, my friends, cutting a swath of left-wing partisan destruction from sea to shining sea, counting on Hillary Clinton's presidential inevitability to distract the voters from any ballot box consequences.

Yesterday they took the first step in the dragon queen's coronation by annointing her designated opponent. Will the Republican base allow the DNC and the Enemy Media to decide who their '08 nominee is going to be? The answer to that question will go a long way toward determining just how long the GOP's wilderness sojourn will last, at all levels.