Controversialist Jacob Weisberg in Slate takes a dim view of this democratic republic:

Down With the People…Blame the childish, ignorant American public — not politicians — for our political and economic crisis.

In trying to explain why our political paralysis seems to have gotten so much worse over the past year, analysts have rounded up a plausible collection of reasons including: President Obama’s tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, the blustering idiocracy of the cable-news stations, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for any important legislation.

These are all large factors, to be sure, but that list neglects what may be the biggest culprit in our current predicament: the childishness, ignorance, and growing incoherence of the public at large.

Well at least the fellow is consistent. He said only the nastier impulses of the people could stop Obama from being elected in 2008. And he wanted an Obama cabinet full of semi-autistic geniuses.

There used to be a lighter touch in matters like this. Wikipedia: Adlai “Stevenson’s wit was legendary. During one of Stevenson’s presidential campaigns, allegedly, a supporter told him that he was sure to ‘get the vote of every thinking man’ in the U.S., to which Stevenson is said to have replied, ‘Thank you, but I need a majority to win’.”

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