I Don't Think Kevin Drum Likes This Administration

I'm not endorsing the position that Kevin is taking, but this is one of the most efficient indictments of the administration that I've seen:

The Medicare bill is practically a model of the Bush administration at work: an initially reasonable idea made unrecognizable by deep frying it in a witch's brew of bloated spending, dishonest accounting, fealty to big corporate contributors, crackheaded movement conservative ideology, and just plain incompetence. If Bush ends up losing the election partly as a result of a revolt of seniors over this bill, it will be poetic justice.

When Kevin gets angry, it is really something to see. That is one of the most understated benefits of his normally even-handed approach. Because he spent so long cultivating a deserved reputation for moderation in both substance and tone, he has more credibility when he does express outrage.