I should probably wait a few days or weeks before writing my reaction to last night’s national insanity exhibition. But I doubt I’ll “level out” on what has happened.
First off, what part of Mr. Obama’s “fixing this will take a long time” did people not understand? Did anyone seriously expect all this mess to be cleaned up in two years? Or is it really just that people are only concerned about their own situation and everyone else can just—well, worry about their own situation?
Let me say this slowly, so there can be no misunderstanding: we have been digging this hole for 30 years. …