A bit of this morning’s Morning Jolt:

We know Democrats are not good at introspection – every failure triggers another round of ‘we’re too nice and sophisticated! Our opponents are more ruthless and appeal to the simple-minded electorate!’ – but you would think they might ask themselves a few nagging questions at times like this. Like, why did Obama’s much-touted rhetorical skills fail him from last summer until now? If this is such a good idea, why couldn’t they get the Olympia Snowes and Mike Castles to sign on? Why did they have to twist arms until John Boccieri looked like Stretch Armstrong? And why did 34 House Democrats flee from this legislation in terror like it’s the smoke monster on Lost?
And if this thing continues to poll as divisively as cilantro, is it really such a good idea to go around laughing it up, high-fiving, and acting like this is the All Good Things and No Bad Things Act of 2010? Isn’t that just antagonizing an already fired-up and furious chunk of the electorate?
Matt Continetti, writing at that other conservative magazine: “What I don’t understand is the media compliance in the massive White House spin operation now underway. Yes, the health bill signing is a historic achievement — the realization of a liberal dream that also puts us one step closer to national insolvency. And perhaps it is better for the Democrats to have something to run on in the fall rather than nothing. Even so, reading the accolades, you get the impression that the Democrats have just averted electoral disaster and the Republicans have committed a catastrophic political error in opposing a flawed and expensive big-government bill.”

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