The Right Gets Ready To Surrender

This from Bruce Bartlett of TownHall.com:

As each day passes, it becomes increasingly clear that the Democrats will win the White House next year. It’s not quite 1932, but it’s getting close to a sure thing. All the energy is on their side, they are raising more money from more contributors, and there is little if any enthusiasm for any of the Republican candidates—even among Republicans.

"Surrender" is increasingly on the minds of Republicans. Pundits like Rush Limbaugh referred to the Iraq Study Group as the Iraq Surrender Group and Iraq withdrawal deadlines as "Surrender Dates." Likewise, Tom DeLay and other right-wing writers have been sure to put "No Surrender" into the titles of their books.

But Bruce Bartlett is the first right-wing writer I've seen to identify Nov. 4, 2008, as the real surrender date for the American right--the date they surrender power to people who want to "promote the general welfare" in the language of the Constitution. Having little or no commitment to governing themselves, the right-wing proved to be disastrously bad at it.