All Intensive Purposes

It's probably wishful thinking to suggest that Grover Norquist is toast, but it is nice to see Republican governors struggling with the reality of mindless tax cutting. At the federal level, we haven't reached the reality-based limits yet to the GOP's policy of buying elections by cutting taxes and borrowing to cover the difference, but in states where you can't do this, voters actually like things like roads and schools. Now, if some Democrats could figure out how to run on this.