Among other unpleasantness, we now have experienced pretty much a full experiment with and implementation of the various wants and wishes of the Federalist Society.
We will, for some time, be getting the full measure of it. But the results thus far are dispositive.
It not only didn't work, by design it killed off or drove away, to the extent possible, what could and should be working.
If only for diversion during the ensuing and unfolding catastrophes in government, the economy, the environment and international relations, it will be interesting to see how the Federalists explain away and distance themselves from what they wrought.
And I expect some will become former True Believers and perhaps apologetically shed light on more of the details that went into all this, including their development of a Unified Field Theory for the Republican Reich.

Posted at May 2, 2008 5:03 PM in response to Time to Win the War of Ideas--Finally