Joementum 2: Electric Boogaloo

Obviously, the idea that Evan Bayh has any chance of winning a national Democratic primary is funny stuff (or pathetic, when the person making the argument is actually paid to write about politics; it's funnier coming from hapless amateurs.) But I especially enjoyed this from Lane's tribute to Bayh:

For months now, Bayh has been screaming at the top of his voice that the party needs to reorient toward a more popular, centrist agenda -- one that emphasizes jobs and fiscal responsibility over health care and cap and trade. Neither the White House nor the Senate leadership has given him the response he wanted.

Leaving aside the feigned shock about the fact that the Democratic leadership was unenthusiastic about adopting the agenda of the second-most conservative Democratic senator, you have to enjoy the idea that the "popular" strategy for the Democrats would apparently be a "jobs" program...of the "fiscally disciplined" kind adopted by Herbert Hoover and Martin Van Buren. If Congress actually adopted Bayh's ideas, his choice to run or not would be moot, given that his chances of winning would be roughly zero given the state of the economy...

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The Sadly Inevitable At Kaplan Test Prep Daily

I suppose it stands to reason that Fred Hiatt would add torture apologist Marc Thiessen (link which I would urge you not to click) to its existing stable of rape apologists, proponents of disastrous wars, other proponents of the arbitrary executive power to torture, etc. I'm just surprised they didn't go all the way and lure John Yoo away from whatever Philadelphia rag he writes for.

I'm sure that hiring the former paid hacks of a disgraced administration will restore the Post to profitability...

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The Dean Has A Crush!

There has already been a lot of good commentary about the latest from Fred Hiatt's crayon scribbler emeritus. I think this the key part:

Her lengthy Saturday night keynote address to the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville and her debut on the Sunday morning talk show circuit with Fox News' Chris Wallace showed off a public figure at the top of her game -- a politician who knows who she is and how to sell herself, even with notes on her palm.

Yep, 2012 is going to be 2000 all over again, with a not-very-bright reactionary governor portrayed as "authentic" against elitist Democratic phonies. Kill me now.

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Give Her This

It used to be that Gail Collins would feign reluctance about having been forced by events to author her 75th consecutive column about some trivial political sex scandal or another. At least she seems to have given up the pretense. So, if you're in the market for columns that don't say anything interesting about issues of little importance, complete with au courant references to Lady Gaga's eye makeup, you're in luck!

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