The RP: Welcome to The Recovering Politician!

Mark Twain once quipped: "Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it."

The same can be said about the turbulent storm that's been hailing down on our country's discourse. Particularly after a national tragedy — Oklahoma City, 9/11, Tucson — the hyper-partisan politicos, cable TV screaming heads and ideological flamebloggers all pledge to tamp down their rhetoric as they wax poetically about civility. And then, inevitably, they return to their partisan corners...