Thank heavens for Michael Steele
Things are looking pretty bleak right now. The Republicans have made it clear they intend to filibuster all Democratic legislation on principle---the principle that the recent elections signal nothing but a blip in a system that's meant to be one-party rule, and they are therefore obligated to resist these interlopers who've obtained power illicitly, through winning elections. (This assumption that power is so rightfully yours that democracy shouldn't get in the way is the argument used by dictators for life, by the way.) The teabaggers are getting bolder and bolder in their development of a new Know Nothing party. The economic recovery isn't doing much for the 10% of Americans that are unemployed. Senate Democrats still seem to think the game is being played with the old rules. Avatar will probably win Best Picture. Dark times, indeed.