When Democrats Go High, Republicans Go Low

As Republicans proposed amendments that they knew would fail the themes were predictable: culture wars, China, taxes, and "drill, baby, drill."

That thundering noise you heard late yesterday afternoon was bitter Republicans stampeding to their estates in Virginia, and to Ronald Reagan airport, following the successful passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill that funds the first comprehensive attack on climate change in American history. If you have friends who want to know what happened …