This is a good one...

Contributing Editor to Vanity Fair, James Wolcott has some brilliant advice for Democrats: stop playing nice and relish their role as the "opposition party". From his private space capsule currently in orbit around the planet Saturn, Wolcott posts the following (my emphasis added):

I wonder if Dems are learning the wisdom imparted by Bull Moose, that there's mischievous and useful fun to be had in being the opposition party, particularly when the party in power is as flatulent with hubris and corruption as the fiefdom of Tom DeLay. Dems should resist the temptation to be statesmenlike and bail out Bush should he stumble, the way they shamefully rescued Reagan in his second term. Bipartisanship has gotten Democrats nowhere for four years, has earned them nothing more than a fine spittle of contempt falling like a constant drizzle. They should let a smile be their umbrella as they enjoy the spectacle of House and Senate Republicans promoting Social Security privatization as if they'd been ordered by their commander in chief to suck lemons.

OK, can anyone actually living on planet Earth illustrate for me one specific case of Congressional Democrats acting in a bipartisan way since the initial post-9/11 unity crumbled three years ago? Just one. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

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