Chris Matthews greeted Parker Griffith's party-switching by calling the GOP "The Party of the Confederacy" and shrieking that all the GOP had was "Dixiecrats" like Parker. Hey, you know how much Matthews likes those who switch parties or otherwise thwart their parties; so I'm as shocked as you are to see this unanticipated venom. Old, by now, but since no one actually watches Chris Matthews (well, those 58,000), this is pretty much your only chance.
Asking why would Obama & Co. be so self-destructive to push through an array of proposals that have no more than 45% of the public?s support is like asking whether the English Prof who teaches incomprehensible Foucauldian theory worries whether he has only 2 students, or whether the well-off union boss is all that upset that membership has sunk to 30% of the workforce, or multimillion-dollar-earning Sarah Palin-interviewing Katie Couric is worried about her sinking ratings, or whether the New York Times columnists are upset that their mother paper is broke with subscription and readership down, and laying off thousands of blue-collar employees.
Matt Welch of Reason looks at Obama's claims on his health care plan and decides "You lie!"