Washington Monthy: Democrats To Continue Selecting the Pellet Hooked Up to the Electrode

Sometimes, we're chuggin' along, reading a pretty good think piece on this or that aspect of the political culture, and we get to a passage that just stops us in our tracks and causes us to reach for our first drink of the day. Earlier today, this, from a forthcomingWashington Monthlypiece on whether Democrats will or won't investigate the hell out of the administration should they win Congress back, was that passage:

To be sure, the level of partisan bitterness in Washington is much higher then it was even in the '80s, and Democrats who have tried to work in a bipartisan manner have been taken to the cleaners in recent years. But there's reason to think that once in power, Democrats will be able to attract cooperation from some Republicans.

Sure. Anything you say, Zach. Then, Robert LaFollette will rise from the dead and demand congressional oversight of the NSA in a joint announcement with zombie William Fulbright.

 Investi-Gate [Wash Monthly]