The Two Americas

The Clinton view of how the two parties operate — one saying go to work, you bum; the other whispering, hey, buddy, let me stand you a drink — insults normal intelligence. But it shows how delicate the task is of running a split country. My Way or the Highway Obama seems not to appreciate the delicacy — a blind spot through which Romney-Ryan could drive an 18-wheeler by showing our divided electorate that freedom isn’t about winners taking all. Rather, it’s about allowing winners to take anything the government doesn’t assign them. And if the Republicans flop at that task? Get ready, I guess, for four years of we’re-all-in-this-together (so work, work, you one percenters! Who do you think will pay for this country otherwise?). William Murchison