Armageddon Comes With A Whimper

In T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Hollow Men," he says, "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper."

And so it was for the Republicans' hyped up fear of Armageddon if the health care reform bill was passed. Nothing happened.

It was funny to hear President Obama riffing on this today at Iowa City. Instead of asteroids hitting the earth and the ground opening up to swallow everyone, it was a nice day, the birds chirping and people strolling casually on the Mall.

Oh no, the Republicans have co-opted Chicken Little!