Real, Hard-Headed Political Analysis Pretends That the United States Congress Doesn’t Exist
By Shorter Thomas Frank: Haha, silly Democrats, dreaming about post-ideological blank slates. Look at Obama — if you completely ignore every accomplishment of his tenure in office, including signing the comprehensive health care reform Truman, LBJ, and Clinton failed to get passed, he’s exactly like Carter. One day, Democrats will have the clear-eyed realism to yearn for a benevolent Daddy in the White House who can unilaterally cause the Republican Party to cease to exist.