"When politics worked"

Official Portrait of President Ronald Reagan. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

That's the subtitle of Chris Matthews' book "Tip and the Gipper," about the relationship between President Ronald Reagan and House Speaker Tip O'Neill. I'm just finishing the book in my car.

I have often referred to the Tea Party as the Tealiban.  That may seem unfair to some.  But the fact is that radical Islam and the Tea Party have something in common.  When they involve themselves in the Democratic process, it is to subvert hat process from within.  Neither really believes in Democracy… in two-party governing… or in compromise.

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