Take a look at this Drudge front page, all red and crazy. Over a CNBC commentary? It's obvious that Drudge, like Rush Limbaugh, is rooting for Obama to fail. But this sort of, well, crap, is downright pestilential. Real human beings have real investments--401ks, homes, small businesses--that are on the line. Again and again, I'm infuriated by those in the media who somehow don't understand that this crisis is real and can become worse. You can quibble all you want with Obama's stimulus plan or bank bailout or, in this case, his home mortgage relief plan, but I simply have no patience at all with those who aren't praying for these programs to succeed.
This is all good, except the day before, Joe Klein, in chastising the GOP as the "Party of No," said:
Huffpost reports that the House GOP members, who had so many wonderful things to say about the stimulus package was wending through the Congress, are now trying to take advantage of it. Politics 101 dictates the following: They should pay the price for their latter-day Hooverism. As little money as humanly, legally possible should go to their districts.
