How do you know Republicans are in dire straits in America today? The country's major newspapers both fronted today with distress and panic coming from the conservative ranks, and even the speaker of the House of Representatives couldn't be counted on to put her usual elegant dagger in the heart of the opposition.
Nancy Pelosi was asked today if "it's possible" for Republicans to move a little to the left in an effort to appeal to more actual voters, and she got laughs with the nonplussed response of, "Wouldn't have the faintest idea." But then she continued:
What I see coming out of there is disarray, chaos, dissatisfaction and uncertainty about the future. I haven't the faintest -- I assume that this Republican Caucus will advance an agenda that they believe in, as we do with our agenda, and I think what they believe in is something far different from where the mainstream of America is.
Sometimes when your rival is in a bloody heap on the floor, it's best not to pour salt in the wound. A pinch of salt, maybe.
