And This Is Important Because?

For the past several days there have been skirmishes by leaders in the Democratic Party over Rush Limbaugh, the polarizing talk show host who recently said he hopes President Obama fails.

Over the weekend, Mr. Limbaugh spoke, as he does almost every year, to a convention of conservatives and on the Sunday morning talk shows, the President's chief of staff announced that Limbaugh was effectively, the leader of the Republican Party.  

While it seems to me the recently GOP has been bereft of ideas, for instance dredging up the old ideas of more tax cuts rather than spending money to stimulate the economy, I believe most Americans other than Limbaugh's ditto-heads generally agree that the Republicans are clueless right now.  That is, unless the White House knows something we don't know.  So it seems that trying to pull the plugs on the GOP life support by closely allying them with Rush Limbaugh is a waste of time.

Memories are short. I think the White House may be forgetting that only a few years ago, the Republicans were anxious to dance on the Democrat's graves.  This kind of behavior really isn't, I don't think, the change American's voted for in November.

Besides, we only have a vibrant democracy when there are thoughtful and energized opponents.  That's what we want.  Not feeding Rush Limbaugh's enormous appetite for attention.