Steven Holt: “I marvel at the degree of party discipline in the majority and the degree to which they insist on the correctness of…”

“I marvel at the degree of party discipline in the majority and the degree to which they insist on the correctness of their positions. The majority does not want to admit that fighting terrorism requires sacrifice. They do not want to admit that the U.N. can actually help us. They do not want to admit that we may have to go hat in hand to other countries to ask for financial and diplomatic help. They do not want to admit that our leaders did an inadequate job of planning for the post-Saddam occupation and transition to democracy in Iraq. They do not want to admit that exorbitant tax cuts are not stimulating the economy and, in fact, are costing Americans jobs. Some may think it is weakness to admit mistakes, but many Americans instead think it is arrogance and a lack of touch with reality. I ask myself why I would even want to give the majority party advice to do better if, in fact, the electorate is likely to make them pay for their arrogance. But I must say the longer they persist in this denial, the harder it will be for America to correct their course. Maybe the majority party will suffer for their arrogance, but the U.S. will suffer more.”