Quote of the Day

"The question now is how Mr. Obama will deal with the death of his postpartisan dream.

"So far, at least, the Obama administration’s response to the outpouring of hate on the right has had a deer-in-the-headlights quality. It’s as if officials still can’t wrap their minds around the fact that things like this can happen to people who aren’t named Clinton, as if they keep expecting the nonsense to just go away."

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, on President Barack Obama's reaction to Republican opposition to health care reform.