WaPo Used To Be A Quality Paper

Today's editorial is another piece of crap, bootlicking Republicans ....

From Josh Marshall. First an excerpt of the editorial and then Marshall's commentary:

The decision of Democrats led by Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) to deny rather than nourish a bipartisan agreement is, of course, irresponsible.... A Democratic strategy of trying to use Iraq as a polarizing campaign issue and as a club against moderate Republicans who are up for reelection will certainly have the effect of making consensus impossible -- and deepening the trouble for Iraq and for American security.

One wonders if perhaps the Post editorial board simply hasn't been paying attention to current events. As Kevin Drum noted, "After four years of Republican insistence that Congress's only role in the war is to pony up trainloads of money and then shut the hell up, it turns out that it's actually Democrats who are making consensus impossible."

This would fit right up there with the old axiom that if I beat my wife, it's her fault for making a crappy dinner or something.

Indeed, where have these guys been? When Republicans unilaterally govern the WaPo wants to worship at the feet of "strong leaders". When Democrats, the adults, step in an start to try and clean up the mess, they're not being bipartisan? And since when is making bipartisan agreements back in vogue again?

Harry Reid is speaking the only language the Republicans can understand right now. That language is one of raw power as the current GOP leadership has shown over and over and over again that they will respect nothing less. I hope it doesn't remain so, but until things change that's the way it is.