Demented Little Children

You'd hardly know it -- given the content of this blog and the right-ward lurch of the country -- but I really do consider myself a political centrist. Granted, it has been difficult in recent years to tenuously hang on to even a modicum of moderation but I guess that's just a testament to the times in which we find ourselves. I really do long for the day when Republicans will start acting like adults. Until then, I think that Digby gets it about right when he notes:

What's happening here is entirely predictable because modern Republicans are demented children. They have two modes --- smug and rabid. When things are going well for them politically, they are unbearably arrogant, shoving it in everyone's faces, ungraciously lording it over all concerned. When things go badly they instantly begin foaming at the mouth and escalate rapidly into a psychotic break.

The thing to remember is that their threats and tantrums are real but usually ineffective in the long run --- but they often have the unfortunate salutary effect of cowing the press, who are a bunch of prissy little sissies.