re: #287 reine.de.tout

I do not think that the Democrats acted this badly between 2000 and 2006, in any way. They didn’t embrace any previously-anathema groups like the Birchers. They didn’t vote in this solid a block or obstruct as much. From both a point of view of tone and actual political actions, the GOP’s current actions are much worse than the Democratic leadership under Bush, or the GOP under Clinton.

But yes, overall, we are living in the era of Lee Atwater. Rove was simply his inheritor.