Holy Moonbats, Batman!

Good God, what a strange day! First I said something sympathetic to Britney Spears, now I find myself agreeing with Kos! From a piece in Taranto's Best of the Web today about how the Donks look like dropping a chance to pull off a House gain in California, Kos is quoted as saying:

The Democratic leadership thinks that the GOP implosion will ipso facto translate to Democratic victories in November. But the electorate is universally disenchanted with politics.

The GOP has proven, time and time again, that it is incapable of governing. But Democrats have not shown they are any different. They do not paint any bright lines between them and us. And they do nothing to motivate the Democratic base to turn out and vote.

My sense of pessimism for November's elections only gets deeper the more elections show lower and lower turnout.

Taranto then fleshes it out a bit:

This seems right to us. Democrats keep hoping they'll win by default, and maybe they eventually will. But Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich did not win by default, though the public was quite dissatisfied with Democrats in 1980 and 1994 and with Republicans in 1992. They won by offering an appealing alternative. A Democratic candidate may emerge who can do that for them in 2008, but it's hard to see Harry Pelosi and Nancy Reid achieving it this year.

Yup. And, in fact, this is exactly why I have refused to jump on the GOP Panic Bus and don't seriously believe the Donks are going to take control of either chamber in Congress this fall.

UPDATE: Of course, what Kos thinks the Donks should do to improve their appeal and what I think they should do are probably poles apart, so don't worry: the foundations of the Universe remain unshaken.

YIPS from Steve-O: Which leads us to the lyrics for "GOP Panic Bus" (with severe apologies to The Who)

Every day I watch Britt Hume (Too much, Panic Bus)
To get on the Fox that takes me to you (Too much, Panic Bus)
I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (Too much, Panic Bus)
Losing the house is only another mile (Too much, Panic Bus)

Thank you, Trent, for getting me here (Too much,Panic Bus)
You'll be on the lecture circuit, have no fear (Too much, Panic Bus)
I don't want to cause no fuss (Too much, Panic Bus)
But can I earmark your Panic Bus? (Too much, Panic Bus)

Nooooooooo!

I don't care how much I pay (Too much, Panic Bus)
I wanna drive my bus to visit Duke each day (Too much, Panic Bus)

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ... (You can have it!)

Medicare and pork every day
Just to indebt my baby away
Amnesty and taxcuts each day
as I drive my base further away

Panic Bus, Panic Bus, Panic Bus ...

I said, now I've got my Panic Bus (Too much, Panic Bus)
I said, now I've got my Panic Bus (Too much, Panic Bus)
I drive my base further away (Too much, Panic Bus)
Each time I do a it different way (Too much, Panic Bus)

I want it, i want it, I want it, I want it ...

Every day you'll see the dust (Too much, Panic Bus)
As I drive Speaker Pelosi in my Panic Bus (Too much, Panic Bus)