And speaking of truth…

…here's some.

Krugman, via The Carpetbagger Report...

The reason we have so much bitter partisanship these days is that that's the way the radicals who have taken over the Republican Party want it…

...As long as polarization is integral to the G.O.P.'s strategy, Democrats can't do much, if anything, to narrow the partisan divide.

…and Driftglass.

One look down into the ranks of the GOP confirms that there are millions of American citizens who are simply too bigoted or insane to be allowed anywhere near a voting booth, and Karl Rove knows just where they live and which of their pet perversions and diseases to stroke to get them sprinting towards the polls.

Sure, the outlook is fairly favorable, but we still have work to do every day.

That's true, too.