Peggy Noonan in the Journal: “[D]o you know anyone, Democrat or Republican, dancing in the street over this [bailout/stimulus bill]? You don’t. Because most everyone knows it isn’t a good bill, and knows that its failure to receive a single Republican vote, not one, suggests the old battle lines are hardening. Back to the Crips versus the Bloods. Not very inspiring.” She cited the Bloods and the Crips, surely because it’s a convenient reference, not because she thought it was a perfect metaphor. But think again. It’s a pretty good–if unintentional–replacement for the two parties. What do the Bloods and the Crips have in common? They’re both the bad guys.

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