Status Updates From That's Not What They Meant!...

Our system was not designed for civility and cooperation; it was designed for compromise – a very different concept. Bipartisanship is highly overrated. ... When the lion lies down with the lamb, they are probably both up to no good.

Gridlock and stalemate are not signs of dysfunction – they indicate everything is going to plan.

When the Supreme Court issues a ruling – even one we profoundly disagree with – we owe some level of deference to the justice’s expertise and to the process they represent.

Americans must sometimes endure inconveniences and errors because our judges do not have to answer to any elected authority. But this pales in comparison to what they would have to endure if they did.

The great lesson we learn from Hamilton’s first year in office is that fiscal responsibility requires political courage.

Too hard to read right now but love the idea

Quote: "In presenting themselves as the ideological heirs of a mythical group of ideologically coherent Founding Fathers, people like Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, and Sean Hannity have minimized the real conflicts among the Founders and presented individual opinions as collective truths. They have represented a narrow, blatantly partisan agenda as a divine mandate,.."

Between 1777 and 1800, the men we now call “the Founding Fathers” organized themselves into four different major factions: two that dominated the political scene before the ratification of the Constitution and two that emerged during George Washington's first term as president.