A liberal coup.

I hadn’t thought of it in quite that way until reading Rod’s posting below, but the moment I did I had to grant that his formulation is not only arresting but precisely correct. In the space of two weeks, and without recourse to even the most rudimentary instruments of democracy, a couple of liberal local officials and a handful of liberal jurists have attempted to hijack the nation. The great mass of Americans may be forgiven, I think, if they respond by intermixing with their usual “affection and sympathy and mutual respect” (see Mike Potemra below) a growing righteous anger.