The Good Humor Man

What moist, glistening eyes. What an inviting smile. What white teeth. The message: you're lunch! Mark Shields, the Newshour's designated "liberal," gushingly called the speech "Reaganesque." Despite Reagan being passé that pretty well sums it up. My own reaction was to wonder just how out of touch with reality American politics can become and, secondly, whether Mr. Obama might be the first President to switch parties while in office. Senators do it from time to time (twenty one times since 1890, according to the Senate's website), while Representatives do it fairly frequently. Having a President switch, however, would be a novelty. It might spice things up. The main political question, of course, being who scavenges the best...