It is sad and funny at the same time. It was predictable, a lot of people did predict it. They were right.

What went on on Capitol Hill Tuesday is a testament to the cluelessness of the people in charge of supposedly saving this economy.
It is absolutely absurd to watch all this go down. [...]

In the Los Angeles Times today. The headline says it all:
“Political Temperature May be Just Right for Health Care Overhaul.”
Ohhhh! Political temperature may be just right. I wonder what the political temperature is? Well, the temperature is:
“[T]he bleak environment [and 'the ballooning budget deficit'] may paradoxically spur the kind of costly, sweeping overhaul [...]

Ever wonder…
Why is it that conservatives don’t protest and riot and so forth like the left does whenever they don’t get their way?
We have a respect for the democratic process. When we lose we lose and we try to fight our battles internally (as is happening now), and we try to come back and [...]

Well, when executives from the Big Three automakers went before Congress this week, their pleas for $25 billion in bailout money were met with disdain.
In a moment of supreme irony, Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, who chairs the banking committee, scolded the auto execs, telling them there was no way they couldn’t see the crisis coming.
The [...]

A recent article in Congressional Quarterly examines the best way for Republicans to “repackage” their agenda.
Thankfully, many elected Republicans are embracing a theme that “the problem is not conservative principles” — but rather how poorly Republicans practiced conservative principles once they got to Washington.
Others view “the problem” differently.
Former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson believes it is [...]