A group of Republican and Democratic senators just held a press conference to announce their agreement to allow a vote on judicial nominees without the use of filibustering to slow down the process. It was as vivid a demonstration one could make of the one-party political system that masquerades as a vehicle for debate on competing fundamental principles. One senator lamented the “poisonous atmosphere of partisanship” in Washington, failing to instruct us as to any examples of meaningful partisanship to be found in senate chambers. Sen. Lieberman was ecstatic that the “bipartisan center held,” apparently unaware that his words were … Continue reading Everyone But Caligula’s Horse