I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it’s too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it’s difficult to not smile while watching the Florida mud-slinging, super PAC, primary. Romney and Gingrich are doing a serious number on each other and Republicans are going to have one hell of a healing process to go through when this thing is over.

Smile while it lasts.

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Quotes don’t get much better than this one by Bob Dole.

“Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?” asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly explained: “Because it saves them time.”

That one’s a keeper.

(The source image for this illustration is a Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore.)

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Good line.

My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016.  The most electable guy in the field and he could not get through the January primaries tells you all you need to know about the sorry state of the Republican party.

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This Richard Adam quote is sweet.

You know it would be fun to see some alternative universe where Cain or Gingrich were president. Not to actually live through, of course. More like a 3-D Disney ride.

I’d pay to get on that ride…and double if a Bachmann/Perry version were included.

What the political world needs is a sandbox similar to what programmers use to test out new code (if you’re not familiar with the term, see here).  How nice would it be if we could let politicians of all stripes enact their untested and/or radical policies in a place where no damage could be inflicted on the masses?

Someone should put together a Political Sandbox iPhone app.  Maybe I will.

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Letterman:

“People in Libya want Moammar Gadhafi to leave. The problem is, he’ll be replaced by his idiot son, Moammar W. Gadhafi.”

(h/t: BartCop)

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Libertarian David Boaz in a mixed piece on Ronald Reagan’s “Libertarian spirit” writes…

“…he chose George Bush as his vice president and then endorsed him for the presidency. Perhaps Ronald Reagan’s worst legacy is 12 years of Bush presidencies.”

Most fair-minded people would find it difficult to argue that point.

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Poor Sarah.  She’s getting hit harder by conservatives these days than she is by liberal pundits.  This time it’s Ed Rollins, former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Ms. Palin, serious stuff needs to be accomplished in Washington.

If you want to be a player, go to school and learn the issues. Put smart people around you and listen to them. If you want to be taken seriously, be serious. You’ve already got your own forum. If you want to be a serious presidential candidate, get to work. If you want to be an imitator of Ronald Reagan, go learn something about him and respect his legacy.

If you want to be a gadfly, just keep doing what you’re doing.

Imagine the gall of Palin comparing herself to the greatest, most wonderful, caring, brilliant American ever to con impress a gazillion people with his “trickle down” sham gem.  How dare she.

Are you starting to get the idea that there is real panic brewing from within conservative ranks with the growing possibility that Palin might actually pull it off and get the nomination?  Great theater for the rest of us.

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Paul Krugman thinks so.

Realistically, though, Republicans aren’t going to have the power to enact their true agenda any time soon — if ever. Remember, the Bush administration’s attack on Social Security was a fiasco, despite its large majority in Congress — and it actually increased Medicare spending.

So the clear and present danger isn’t that the G.O.P. will be able to achieve its long-run goals. It is, rather, that Republicans will gain just enough power to make the country ungovernable, unable to address its fiscal problems or anything else in a serious way. As I said, banana republic, here we come.

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Senator Harry Reid sums up the tax cut kerfuffle in a single sentence.

“By this Republican logic, until rich CEOs get what they want, middle-class families can’t get what they need.”

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From the comment pages.

“Everything in life is relative. Is Obama perfect? No. Would the GOP do better?  Hell No.  Just because the steak isn’t a perfect medium rare doesn’t mean I’ll send it back and order a can of catfood.”

GOP catfood…that sounds about right.

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