Pretty Damned Much

I know the horse is dead, but the day is almost over, too:

To Saletan, the deal was clear evidence that the Republican Party doesn't care about the pain its policies inflict on average Americans, like letting food assistance benefits expire.

"The sad truth is that the Republican Party doesn't care as much about the pain as the Democratic Party does," Saletan said. "I think we can say they pretty much don't care at all. And you can call that a political weakness, and I guess it is. But if you are doing the right thing, that will always be a political weakness."

Saletan also addressed the Democratic uproar over the deal.

"I don't have a problem with this deal," he said. "I just don't have a problem with it. There were people losing SNAP benefits, people going hungry for God's sake, and all the federal employees who were out of work. Obviously, there's the air traffic problem."

"The Democrats did not sell out forever," Saletan continued. "They made this deal until the end of January. That's it."

And how happy are people going to be when the air traffic problem still fucks up Thanksgiving, while the government has reopened? Remind me again who's in charge of the government?