Speaking of "separation from reality" - I was struck that TEA party candidate Chris McDaniels "declined to concede", as Politico put it, after the run-off election in Mississippi. I find it typical of the TEA pity candidates to be whineful, spiteful, uncooperative and small. Mayhaps they will decide to create a third party?

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich