INSTAVISION: THE WISDOM OF ADAM SMITH

Russ Roberts, the author of How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life, joins Glenn Reynolds to discuss the beauty of classical economics. Would you believe that Adam Smith is the greatest self-help writer ever? Hear why.

PJTV'S THE RUNDOWN: NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Will Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker run for President in 2016? Plus, why Sen. Harry Reid is on thin ice.

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 475

Rethinking Hillary 2016

The GOP's State Legislative Landslide

Obama won 2014 non-vote in a landslide

DEMSPLAINING: 11 Rationalizations for Democrats' Election Whuppin'

Good News: A GOP Congress Usually Correlates with Booming Financial Markets

Democrat domination of coal country over?

Obama's Attorney General Nominee, Loretta Lynch

How to Slash the Bloated Pentagon Bureaucracy in 5 Steps

Observers Decry Muslim Silence Over Gruesome Murder of Christian Couple in Pakistan

Christian Terrorists and the Innocence of Islam

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Breaking: North Korea releases Americans Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller

Praise God!! https://t.co/6GiDdHBmzC
— Sarah Stevenson (@sarahrstevenson) November 8, 2014

'Rodman 4 Prez': Dennis Rodman says 'no doubt' he helped in Kenneth Bae's release

In case you were wondering...http://t.co/bJ14EszTTF @cnn @tmz
— Dennis Rodman (@dennisrodman) November 8, 2014

Valerie Jarrett's high praise for Obama's Attorney General nominee ignites skepticism

Coming from you, I'll believe the opposite. MT @vj44: Loretta Lynch -a tireless force for fair and equal justice. pic.twitter.com/tRtnmNgWiZ”
— Kevin Corrigan (@kcluva) November 8, 2014

'Autopsy time': Debbie Wasserman Schultz to conduct 'top-to-bottom assessment' of 2014 drubbing

@GoBrooklyn @KThomasDC @DWStweets I don't want hear a damn thing from @TheDemocrats. Testing Hillary's run. No excuse for what they did.
— 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) November 8, 2014

@KThomasDC @DWStweets The Clinton Trial Balloon failed. And this happened: http://t.co/1e0PWKnQuY
— meta (@metaquest) November 8, 2014

'Give me a break!' Salon finds new victims of voter suppression: An entire generation

It’s saturday; take a break, Salon https://t.co/M2BhHRSIDI
— Matt Vespa (@mVespa1) November 8, 2014

'Your base CHOSE to sit home': Donna Brazile schooled on midterm GOP wave

Donna Brazile needs heavy medication pic.twitter.com/kzS6LdAT0x
— S.M (@redsteeze) November 8, 2014

'Thanks Joni': Hardee's CEO congratulates Senator-elect Ernst with newspaper ad

.@Hardees congratulates @JoniErnst in the @DMRegister. Amazing - love it. #iasen pic.twitter.com/P8I4uqpFwY
— Jon Kohan (@iamkohan) November 7, 2014

This is not CNN: Big, bad Wolf Blitzer stays cool surrounded by male strippers

Someone's uncomfortable. RT @MikeCaprio: @wolfblitzer @SoulAwards with the @Chippendales @orleansarena pic.twitter.com/8OUKXBPiWZ
— Archie Cubarrubia (@coobs) November 8, 2014

'Evocative shape': Is Vladimir Putin trolling the world with his motorcade formation?

“@nycsouthpaw: evocative shape RT @b_judah: Putin's cavalcade. pic.twitter.com/QaOLqAJYPx” Oh come on, they're trolling us all now! 😏
— Rebecca J. Riley ✌ (@rebeccariley23) November 8, 2014

ELLE's photo of 'newest plus-size modeling star' confounds normal human beings

The newest plus-size modeling star on why her body isn't a trend: http://t.co/TimRHJUvR9 pic.twitter.com/1VhzcSzTDq
— ELLE Magazine (US) (@ELLEmagazine) November 7, 2014

@WHISKEYTITS @ELLEmagazine wow..and we wonder why girls having eating disorders now..
— Debbie Monahan (@DebbieMonahan) November 8, 2014

@lilkittten @ELLEmagazine dear Elle, sorry loves but you've got yourselves an average lady there.
— Des ॐ (@laced_mermaid) November 8, 2014

@BobMarchese @ELLEmagazine I sense sarcasm.
— jenna (@glassj3n) November 8, 2014

FIREWALL: GIVE BACK THE SENATE!

THE ANGELUS DOMINI - NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Every Sunday and on the main liturgical feasts, the Pope recites the Marian prayer of the Angelus with the pilgrims. Before and after the prayer, he delivers a brief reflection and issues greetings.

THE JIM AND MICKEY SHOW - EPISODE 11 #TJAMS

Spend Your Sunday Morning, with @jimgeraghty & me. It's really the best way.. Sorry, @ChuckTodd ;-) https://t.co/qiPC7Hdkiv #TJAMS
— BiasedGirl (@BiasedGirl) November 9, 2014

PJTV'S UP OR DOWN: NOVEMBER 8, 2014

Our judges may not be as cute as John Oliver's Supreme Court Dogs,* but they did make a decision--dogs are more American than cats. Woof!

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 474

Shock: Supreme Court will decide whether federal consumers are eligible for ObamaCare subsidies

Obama Wants Conservatives to Self-Cannibalize Over His Executive Action on Immigration

The Wisdom of the Sixth Circuit

Report: Iran Nuclear Program More Advanced than Previously Believed

The Biggest Loser: Hillary Clinton

Conservatives Should Stop Searching for a Hero

The Leftist and Islamic War on the Family

The Latest Campus Assault Survey Shows How Meaningless These Surveys Are

NYT's Frank Bruni Wants You to Get Right With God, Er, 'Science'

In For the Long Haul: Factors Contributing to the Marriage Crisis

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: NOVEMBER 7, 2014

'GOLD!!' This cartoon portraying what voters gave Obama on election night will make you fist pump

Hey #Obama, Enjoy your new paperweight, Sincerely the Voters of America #WAARMedia pic.twitter.com/BsMP2v4DZZ
— Wayne Dupree ★彡 (@WayneDupreeShow) November 6, 2014

'Elephant in the room': The New Yorker’s post-election cover isn't too subtle

Photo: Cover Story: Obama’s Elephant Problem: http://t.co/hYUceU0JYd http://t.co/Ljv3cn9MKO
— Lee Scott (@leeescoott) November 7, 2014

Dana Perino shakes head at columnist's ridiculous claim about Obama's presidency

@DanaPerino And then the Kool-Aid guy burst through the wall.
— Dan Ditzler (@longgonedaddy) November 7, 2014

'A special kind of delusion.' Media Matters thinks the press has given Republicans 'a pass'

HA HA HA HA 😂 “@mmfa: Why don't voters blame Congress for gridlock? Because the press has given Republicans a pass. http://t.co/KxPSoYQRVh”
— SúperAndrrréa (@SuperAndrea) November 7, 2014

'Stepped right into that propeller': Sen. Mary Landrieu's #WhereWasBill tweet backfires

Oof RT @lagop: That didn't go quite the way you expected, did it @MaryLandrieu? #lasen #DefeatLandrieu pic.twitter.com/RPfMgDGq6D
— Matthew (@Matthops82) November 7, 2014

It's like watching a big pile of money burn: ActBlue is soliciting a 'moneybomb' for Sen. Landrieu

Landrieu should save everyone a lot of money and just concede now.
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) November 5, 2014

Did Pres. Obama wait until after the election to announce more troops to Iraq?

I hear that Obama couldn’t send non-combat troops to Iraq last week because the conditions weren’t right in Colorado.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 7, 2014

'That's a new one'! Is this the nuttiest excuse yet for Dems losing the Senate?

@tomamoran Funny you weren't complaining when the Senate was controlled by Democrats... file this under "sore loser" or loser for short.
— GM (@gmsgirl) November 7, 2014

Delusional Nancy Pelosi denies GOP wave, instead claims 'an ebbing of Democratic voters'

@whpresscorps @jbendery Like that time when Reagan ebbed all over Carter then Mondale.
— Aeolis Palus (@AeolisPalus) November 7, 2014

'Explains so much': Here's how Vox lets loose after a long week of hackery

This explains so much. RT @sarahkliff: Why not end the week at @voxdotcom with some @taylorswift13 karaoke. pic.twitter.com/5kzylhqaYn
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) November 7, 2014

This is literally 100% exactly what I imagined Vox was like. https://t.co/NCrS6H3DfK
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 7, 2014

KLAVAN & WHITTLE: THE NATURE OF CYNICISM

PJTV'S THE RUNDOWN: NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Every newly elected GOP Senator campaigned for the repeal of ObamaCare. Will it work? Plus, defeated Democrats speak out following the midterm election.

EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: NOVEMBER 7, 2014

EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

Pakistani Christians Tortured and Burned to Death on False Accusation of 'Blasphemy'

2014: A Victory for Social Conservatives

Ex-Democrat Lawmaker: Anti-Catholic Bigotry Drove Me to the GOP

Time For Catholics to Leave the Democrats?

A Vatican Mulligan?

Science and Religion, Rightly Understood

Planned Parenthood Abortion Video Is Straight Out of Fantasyland

Why Pro-Family Groups are Losing the Marriage Debate

Four Things You Need to Know about John Duns Scotus

Film Review: 'Interstellar'

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: NOVEMBER 7, 2014

National Review's Jim Geraghty joins guest host Brett Winterble. Today's topics: Republicans in Congress threaten to defund any executive order that favors amnesty, Obama reaches out to Iran, and the Pentagon struggles to keep pot out of the military.



Pentagon: Iran Giving 'Lethal Aid to the Taliban' to Fight U.S.

Iran continues to provide "calibrated lethal aide to the Taliban" in Afghanistan to help the group conduct attacks on U.S. and Western security forces operating in the country, according to a new report published by the Pentagon.

Iran's elite military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has been supplying various arms to the Taliban as part of Tehran's mission of eradicating Western forces and preventing the United States from safely establishing permanent bases in Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon's 2014 "Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan" report, which was published in October.

The arms are being provided by Iran as a supplement to a $1 billion aid program aimed at keeping the Afghan government firmly in Tehran's corner, according to the report.

Details of Iran's clandestine support for the Taliban come as the Obama administration quietly continues its efforts to enlist Iran in the fight against the Islamic State (IS)...

Also read:

Reyhaneh Jabbari's Execution Shows Emboldened Iran

Iran Quietly Fearful of Republican Takeover of Congress

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 473

The shrinkage of the Obama majority

In defeat, Obama tells GOP: My mandate is bigger than yours

What the Midterms Mean for Social Conservatives

Mark Udall's Reproduction Obsession Made Women Voters Consider Him a Creepy Pervert

Democrats Must Accept That This Year's 'War On Women' Was a Disaster

What Women Really Want

Feminist Professor Who Assaulted Pro-Life Protesters Now Hit With Civil Lawsuit

Liberals suddenly thinking this whole gridlock thing is worth a second look

Reza Aslan's Falsehoods Unveiled

An Old Hatred Returns

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Puh-leeze! Media Matters' reason conservatives are 'outraged' with Obama defies reality

Was @mmfa listening to the same press conference...? pic.twitter.com/EyirRWByYm
— DamageControlled (@HitByTorpedo) November 6, 2014

'Koch brothers MADE them do it!' Have Dems looked at their Super PACs lately?

Dr. Cashlove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Citizens United pic.twitter.com/3lN9gvyVZp
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) November 6, 2014

Everything Obama and MSM are telling you about election turnout is wrong

you'll be shocked, but turnout in Wisconsin was really high -- highest midterm turnout in at least 64 yrs: http://t.co/ELzvxmggUR
— Craig Gilbert (@WisVoter) November 5, 2014

'Not a good look': NAACP's statement on midterms makes no mention of Tim Scott, Mia Love

Those gutless moments when the @NAACP tweets about Ferguson, yet ignore Tim Scott and Mia Love and their historical achievements. #smh
— JDM (@sleepdoctorjoe) November 6, 2014

'BAM!': Cartoon totally nails NAACP hypocrisy

The drinking fountain at the NAACP pic.twitter.com/RmYlsEACK0
— TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) November 7, 2014

Jimmy Fallon thinks Mia Love can be black or Republican, not both

@jimmyfallon how bout a simple Congrats Ms. Love! 😃👏
— Lauren Elizabeth (@mybrunetteheart) November 7, 2014

'2×3 = shut up, racist': Feminist journo lashes out at 'white folks' over Wendy Davis loss

We're going to have to agree to disagree on whether 52 is greater than or less than 47 http://t.co/8BBC6QXfnJ
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) November 6, 2014

'Ridiculous!!! She is a Super Star': Amanda Marcotte angers cult of Wendy Davis

Last year Wendy Davis was a star. Now she's made things worse for Democrats in Texas: http://t.co/aaZ3eTwFl1 pic.twitter.com/Oq3Dg1INnu
— Slate (@Slate) November 7, 2014

Is this 'the best tweet you will see all day'? All signs point to HELL YES!

Bahaha too funny "@wryson .@Salon pic.twitter.com/OdckRnHFgy"
— Jason Sywak (@SywakSays) November 6, 2014

'May the snark be with you': #RejectedStarWarsTitles awakens

Star Wars VII: The Ewoking Dead #rejectedstarwarstitles pic.twitter.com/MMCKuKsfFb
— Guy Royse (@guyroyse) November 6, 2014

#RejectedStarWarsTitles The Empire Strikes pic.twitter.com/i5SuF13EuK
— Mike Hansen (@MikeHansen613) November 7, 2014

'We have to run him': Salon's Joan Walsh says Scott Walker will never be president

You made Scott Walker. You created his aura, threw everything you had at him, and he beat you three times in four years. @Salon @joanwalsh
— JG (@JohnG405) November 6, 2014

EWTN THE WORLD OVER - NOVEMBER 6, 2014

In this week's EWTN The World Over, Raymond Arroyo reviews the headline news of the week, plus:

Laura Ingraham, radio talk show host and FOX News contributor joins Raymond to discuss the U.S. midterm elections and what to expect from Washington over the next two years leading up to the 2016 general election.

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) weighs in on the GOP takeover on Capitol Hill and the Republican agenda for 2015 – immigration reform, the budget, and what to do with ObamaCare.

Father Tad Pacholczyk, ethicist, neuroscientist and director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center discusses the decision by Brittany Maynard to end her own life in the face of terminal brain cancer.

EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: NOVEMBER 6, 2014

EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

Election 2014: Pro-Life Wins Big

Will the "War on Women" Crowd Please Give It a Rest

Assessing the Synod's Final Report

For hypocritical German bishops, mercy comes at a price, critics charge

Cardinal Burke addresses relationship with Pope Francis; says "the integrity of marriage is under attack"

Painful Parish Consolidations in New York

Nov 6, 1789: Fr. John Carroll Appointed 1st U.S. Bishop by Pope Pius VI

Sources of the Protestant Devolution

Boys, Porn and Education: What Can Be Done?

Exorcisms on the rise: Occult activity sparks 'pastoral emergency'

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: NOVEMBER 6, 2014

National Review's Jim Geraghty joins host Greg Corombos to discuss current events. Today's topics: More reaction to the GOP midterm wave, President Obama challenges Republicans on amnesty, and he refuses to "read the tea leaves" about why Democrats got hammered.



David Axelrod to Obama: 'Shelve' Executive Amnesty

The man who may be most responsible for President Barack Obama's rise and eventual ascendancy to the White House is urging him not to enact executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants.

On Wednesday, after Republicans shellacked Democrats in the midterms, David Axelrod, Obama's former chief political adviser who had been with him since Obama's 2004 Illinois Senate campaign, said Obama should "shelve" his executive amnesty.

Immigration bill won a huge bipartisan majority in the Senate. POTUS should agree to shelve exec order for up or down vote in House.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) November 5, 2014

Obama is unlikely to listen to Axelrod, who is now the director of the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics. At a press conference Wednesday, Obama vowed to move forward with executive amnesty, even though voters rejected his immigration agenda on Tuesday.

Also read:

What should the GOP do to try to stop Obama's executive amnesty?

The Lightworker Flickers Out

YESTERDAY'S HEADLINES TODAY - VOL. 472

Walker's Win

Why the gubernatorial wave matters now, and in 2016

The Republican Wave Debunked Four Myths of the Obama Era

The 'War on Women' Failure Is a Very Bad Omen for Democrats' Future

The top 7 reasons pro-lifers had a good Election Day

Obama: 'Don't think we're not keeping score, brother'

What are the GOP'S Options in the 2016 Presidential Campaign Now?

Judge Rejects the 'Disparate Impact' Fraud

"We Need Your Head": Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2014

Trading Places with Senator Portman: How I Discovered the Truth of Complementarity

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: NOVEMBER 5, 2014

'Anti-choice' 'scumbag women': Actor Lucas Neff says more female GOPers don't make party less sexist

I don't have to be tolerant of a party that's sole purpose is to spew out sexism, homophobia, racism and ignorant stupidity. Nope.
— Lucas Neff (@RealLucasNeff) November 5, 2014

Electing a few women who HATE women's rights in your dumb republican party of hate does not make your party less sexist.
— Lucas Neff (@RealLucasNeff) November 5, 2014

Electing anti-choice anti-women's health care scumbag women does not make your republican hate party less sexist. Cuz duh.
— Lucas Neff (@RealLucasNeff) November 5, 2014

.@RealLucasNeff You just called women scumbags. Do I need to sick @CMClymer on you?
— S.M (@redsteeze) November 5, 2014

'Oh, Obama's not bitter': Can you guess who he blames for Dems getting throttled?

"To everyone who voted, I want you to know...I hear you. To the two-thirds of voters who chose not to participate...I hear you, too." —Obama
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 5, 2014

Haha... Obama blamed voters...
— S.M (@redsteeze) November 5, 2014

What a jerk. Good Lord.
— Heather (@hmfearny) November 5, 2014

'For once, he's being honest': President Obama makes shocking confession

Obama: I love campaigning.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 5, 2014

"I love... giving hugs." -- President Obama
— jennifer bendery (@jbendery) November 5, 2014

Obama says he loves campaigning & talking to ordinary people. So long as its a room full of carefully selected sycophants...
— Mike Lovelace (@Schtuperman) November 5, 2014

'Think that was the goal': Here's Obama's post-election presser in a nutshell

I forgot how boring Obama can be when he pretends to answer questions.
— Mike Morrison (@MikeKMorrison) November 5, 2014

Honest to Pete, I had to stab myself in the leg with a fork to stay awake during that answer.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) November 5, 2014

Huge lunch today combined with this boring Obama presser is putting me to sleep...
— Mike Zaharof (@MrMzUltra) November 5, 2014

If he seamlessly started explaining how to change the toner cartridge on a xerox machine, would anyone notice?
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) November 5, 2014

He is the malaise.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) November 5, 2014

'KABOOM!' Libs think GOP's made up of 'old white men'? This oughtta shut 'em up

Deserted by Latinos, blacks and his feckless lazy Millennial supporters, President O got his ass kicked by millions of angry old white folk
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) November 5, 2014

“@ElliePTweet: Love it! RT @se_tx_TEA: @LessGovMoreFun pic.twitter.com/Wb8kCXvg1n” I could cry tears of joy. So proud of these women!
— Grace (@richterwifey) November 5, 2014

Did Valerie Jarrett miss the election yesterday or is she just trolling?

@vj44 ...by the election out come I don't think the people believe him anymore... pic.twitter.com/glV88XgKVs
— republic (@citizen300m) November 5, 2014

Stacey Dash, Nick Searcy, and Adam Baldwin heading to NOLA to help Bill Cassidy?

Great! Where we going? “@REALStaceyDash: .@yesnicksearcy honey, @AdamBaldwin and I ALREADY talked. 😘”
— Yes, Nick Searcy! (@yesnicksearcy) November 5, 2014

Soap opera actress rages: Not voting Dem 'makes you a shitty parent'

@NancyLeeGrahn Stop it. You're getting annoying. We live in a free country where people can vote how they want. We are free to disagree.
— Paula Scott (@tigerfan1981) November 6, 2014

'The Fempire Strikes Back' and other #FeministMovies

Why American women fled the fake feminists -> “@RealLucasNeff: Why the GOP is and should be afraid in 2014... pic.twitter.com/vClmuORplb”
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) November 5, 2014

@TheMorningSpew LOLOLOL #FeministMovies :P @N_Fatale @LibertyBelleCJL @APLMom @hboulware @SohlerSarah
— AngieSenseiofSass (@Artist_Angie) November 6, 2014

#FeministMovies Pretty Angry Woman
— Milkshakes Anytime (@MomMilkshake) November 6, 2014

#FeministMovies Unforgiven: My Daddy
— Liars Never Win (@liars_never_win) November 6, 2014

#FeministMovies Pretty Stupid In Pink pic.twitter.com/NNP4rx2hRL
— AngieSenseiofSass (@Artist_Angie) November 6, 2014

No Country For Any Men #FeministMovies
— SnarkyCalvinCoolidge (@Southern_PUNdit) November 6, 2014

Catcalls on a Hot Tin Roof #FeministMovies
— Anthony Amore (@Amoream) November 6, 2014

@exjon Too easy. You're better than that. "The Fempire Strikes Back."
— Popehat (@Popehat) November 6, 2014

#FeministMovies Last of the Fauxhicans pic.twitter.com/EgKRMe2yWF
— The Morning Spew (@TheMorningSpew) November 6, 2014

'Doesn't get any better': #CMAAwards audience 'goes wild' after joke about Dems' loss

Audience at #CMAAwards bursts into applause when Carrie Underwood says "Dems lost the Senate."
— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) November 6, 2014

The crowd goes wild...Carrie tells country fans that the Democrats lost the #Senate. It doesn't get any better. #cmaawards2014 #CMAawards
— Danielle Marie (@qdea716) November 6, 2014

PJTV'S THE RUNDOWN: NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Republicans win big in the 2014 midterm election. GOP Governors, Senators and members of Congress are enjoying the shift in power.

EWTN NEWS NIGHTLY: NOVEMBER 5, 2014

EWTN News Nightly's Brian Patrick presents the headline news of the day.

Additional news and views from around the Catholic world:

Christian couple reportedly burned alive, Pakistan urged to respond

Anti-Catholic protesters with bullhorns appear at several D.C.-area parishes

The Latest Targets of Sexual Radicalism

Five Take-Aways from Yesterday's Midterm Election

Shift in Control of Senate Expected to Favor Languishing Pro-Life Legislation

Did an out-of-touch abortion stance cause Democrats to lose the Senate?

Is it Time to Remove the Pro-Life Movement from Politics?

As Marriage Culture Collapses, Liberals Want to Sterilize Poor and Minority Women

Is Pope Francis an Evangelical, Charismatic Catholic?

Personalism Is the Key to Understanding Pope Francis

THREE MARTINI LUNCH: NOVEMBER 5, 2014

National Review's Andrew Johnson joins host Greg Corombos to discuss current events. Today's topics: The GOP earns a Senate majority with large margins, Republican governors also do well, and all voters send a strong message of disapproval to President Obama.



Goodbye, Angry White Men; Hello, 'Self-Loathing Electorate'

Ever since the late ABC anchorman Peter Jennings diagnosed Republican gains in the 1994 midterm elections with the deathless phrase "The voters had a temper tantrum," every midterm setback for a Democratic president has inspired mainstream media pros to let loose their inner Sigmund Freuds. There have been "angry white males," there's been "tea party wrath," there have even been plain old "spoiled brats."

Clearly an election that doesn't go the way you want is a phenomenon so mysterious and unprecedented that it can only be explained through crackpot distance-psychoanalysis. So what rage explains the 2014 returns, which saw Republican gains across most categories of gender, class, race and shoe size? A white male at Yahoo News, whose name I can't figure out but who looks pretty angry himself, takes a stab at it.

I think "self-loathing electorate" may hit the bull's eye. There's certainly plenty of self-loathing in these here modern United States. Many Americans loathe themselves, and in my experience many of them have good reason to feel that way. It's not the kind of phrase that seems likely to win a lot of elections, but as a campaign promise, "I will loathe you even more than you loathe yourselves" has the virtues of 1) never having been tried and 2) being true of nearly all elected officials.

Chris Matthews, by the way, is not angry. It's just that he expected more of us...

Also read:

The polls were skewed… towards Democrats and by a lot

No more tingles: Why can't this ideologically cocooned president cope with other views on immigration, asks...Chris Matthews?