Liberals and despair, again | Michael Tomasky

As you'll recall I've written previously about liberals and despair, earlier in the summer. But I've been thinking about this anew lately, because, well, the situation has if anything gotten worse.

Most liberal despair is expressed toward Obama. He hasn't done this, he messed up on that. Since people on the left are by nature anti-authority and more likely than people on the right are to turn on people they admire once those people have power, this is understandable.

But I think the more...