Welcome to a parallel universe. A casual onlooker might mistake it for our own. The same people run their Congress and their Democratic National Committee. The same election results toss out half the Republicans in 2006 and the rest in 2008. But in our universe, those events were recorded as the triumphs of smart folks like Rahm Emanuel and David Plouffe, winning despite the ruinous work of the DNC. In Herding Donkeys, Ari Berman reports from a place where Howard Dean deserves the credit.

It’s Buddy Roemer, whom the Legacy Media probably think they should continue to safely ignore, but still.

Here you have McConnell openly admitting the reason there is a bipartisan fetish among the elites in Washington is that it totally destroys democratic accountability.

No matter how conservative the positions President Obama chooses to take, the bulk of self-identified Republicans are still going to disapprove.

Here’s Weigel, whose panties are in a wad because Rand Paul’s refusal to give a simple “yes” or “no” answer on whether he’d vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act has landed him in hot water today.