The Republican Power Curve

Maureen Dowd writes in Absolute Power Erupts about Republicans ramping up their power curve because of their belief that they have a mandate. She writes:

The party of moral values deemed that crime pays, shielding Tom DeLay with a rule that someone facing a felony charge can still be a leader.

The ultracreepy Mr. DeLay de-pantsed Democrats on Friday, sneering: "I understand the Democrat Party's adjustment to their national minority status is frustrating, but their crushing defeat ... should show them that the American people are tired of the politics of personal destruction."

Well, yeah. Watching Bush supporters shred a war hero into a war criminal was tiring.

She summarizes with a frightening and powerful observation: "It's a paradoxical game plan: imposing democracy abroad while impeding it here."