So say several readers, like this one:

Geez, hanging out w/ Derb?? I agree that things could certainly be *better*, but let me take a leaflet from Newt’s theory of the future – just as the Internet has made more information free, and put the heat to the Rathers & Krugmans of the world, I think that “preponderance of truth and logic” that is slowly making over the media & “conventional wisdom” will have tectonic affects on Republicans as well.
To borrow a Goldberg phrase, don’t make the perfect the enemy of the good. Republicans are still politicians, but if the voting electorate is getting “better” (in our terms), ultimately we will still get the government we deserve (Mencken – “and we’ll get it good & hard”).
OK, so buck up! If we make a few tax cuts, and a little entitlement reform, and young conservatives weaned on Reagan come to power, we may yet improve the lot of Americans, if not as dramatically as we have improved the lot of the average Afghani or Iraqi.
Suggestion: finish your book and go on a junket with VDH & visit some of Jonah’s Military Guys (and Gals). Alternately, visit San Diego for good Mexican food, ribs, and ice cold beer. And keep the heat on the Republicans from the NR side!