uglier

Meanwhile, things get worse on the ugly front, i.e., politics and governance.

Senate Republicans say things on the record about President Obama that are uglier than anything I remember ever being said about Richard Nixon, even after it was clear that he was, in fact, a crook.

Here's the sort of nastiness that goes on in the House Rules Committee - no cameras allowed.

The onslaught this summer is going to be full-on hideous. The Kagan nomination, the spill in the gulf, un/employment, health care, "all the things that he wants to accomplish require more spending, more borrowing and more debt for our children and grandchildren." There will be no respite.