*Piddling Away Greatness, by Dafydd Ab Hugh.

“He (Obama) Partially listens to a random aide, acts on his first Impulse, angrily and bitterly Defends whatever snap-judgment action he took, Doubles-down on that first impulse, Laughs off any subsequent, game-changing information… then furiously Echos the pronunciamentos of any allies he might have gathered on the issue, no matter who they are — or whether their own interests align with or are diametrically opposed to America’s.”

*House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) laughs out loud at the suggestion that lawmakers should read the upcoming health-care bill before voting on it.  Silly surfs, sit down and STFU, and leave the decision making to your betters.

OH YEAH: He also admits that if lawmakers read the bills they wouldn’t pass them. 

*The Dems double down on a bad bet.

*California Screaming, by Matt Welch.

“But there’s another interpretation of California’s rebellion, one with far sunnier implications for those of us who prefer our governments constrained. Faced with a political class that ignored bureaucratic inefficiency, that demanded higher taxes, that filled the newspapers with scare stories about people who will literally die as a result of budget cuts, the citizens of one of the bluest states in the nation collectively said we just don’t believe you anymore. If even California’s famous fruits and nuts can call the statists’ bluff, there may be hope for the rest of the country.”

*Obama as Captain Edward Smith, by Michael Gerson.