Yes, we do want him to fail

The "outrage" over this "controversy" is so ridiculous it warrants no comment. But Jonah Goldberg of the L.A. Times has quite nicely. If you're a liberal wishing to gum this one further, I refer you thither.

"...Pretty much every major news outlet in the country has said as a matter of objective analysis that Obama wants to repeal the legacy of Ronald Reagan and remake the country as a European welfare state. And yet people are shocked that conservatives, Limbaugh included, want Obama to fail in this effort?

What movie have they been watching? Because I could swear that conservatives opposing the expansion of big government is what conservatives do. It's Aesopian. The scorpion must sting the frog."

"The scorpion must sting the frog." I say if we ever get a third party off the ground, we adopt the scorpion as mascot. I understand they can put the fear of God in both jackass and elephant alike.