Monday's Rachel Maddow Show started off with one of those meandering historical backgrounders, and as sometimes happens, that intro is in some ways even more interesting than the main story. It's all about another tell-all by a former cabinet member, Donald Regan's 1988 book in which the bitter former Reagan chief of staff revealed that just about every major decision in the Reagan White House was affected by Nancy Reagan's consultations with an astrologer. It's a glorious trip down WTF lane that leaves you astonished at just how much the Cult of Reagan was willing to overlook. These weren't just sketchy rumors from some third-rate tabloid about the president maybe being a Muslim (because he pronounces "Pakistan" with un-American syllables), but actual reliance on occult hoodoo nonsense that teevee evangelists regularly decry as flirting with demons and witchcraft. But Reagan was Reagan, so sure, Nancy's astrologer got to decide the daily schedule for the Leader of the Free World.
I guess John Hinkley didn't come up in the chart.
You get the feeling the Democratic Party is writing off 2014 as a lost cause and thus declaring the President to be yesterday's jam?
Without question. Another reason I will have to take some dramamine when I vote for her.