Every few days I hang my head, bang it on the table and howl in frustration at the latest stupid, corporate-bought position of a Democrat. After awhile, I find it hard to remain optimistic. It's not easy to compare the lockstep abilities of the Republicans with the herding cats lunacy of the Dems. It's easy to give in to despair.
Then the Republicans go on another self-feeding frenzy. This morning's Morning Joe was another episode of Republicans eating their own.
Hat tip here to Elyse Siegel of Huffington Post, who watched Morning Joke so we didn't have to:
"I hear it on the Hill, I'm sure you hear it on the Hill all the time, it's not reported, but so many Republicans tell me this is a guy that is not the hardest worker in the world," said Scarborough on Wednesday's edition of Morning Joe. "Every Republican I talk to says John Boehner, by 5 or 6 o'clock at night, you can see him at bars. He is not a hard worker."
Boehner the barfly? I love it. After his brilliant Social Security boner yesterday, I'm suddenly as big a fan of Boehner as I am of Mike Steele. Keep these guys around, GOP. They're doing great.
Barack Obama may be the luckiest politician in history. His Senate campaign was a cakewalk, he only had to deal with a semi-conscious John McCain in 2008 and now these two guys leading the Republican opposition. There doesn't seem to be an impressive Republican leader getting ready to oppose him in 2012. This country would be in far worse straits if the Republicans were better led.
So, to quote Al Frankin, "Ha ha, woo hoo, WHEEEE!"