American Elephants  Playing Politics While The People Suffer. by
The Elephant's Child  The Wall Street Journal this weekend
featured an interview with Harvey Mansfield, the great teacher
of government and longtime member of the Harvard faculty. He
offered this comment:  But if we get serious about what it means
to vote, we immediately go to the notion of an informed voter.
And if you get serious about that, you go all the way to voting
as a wise choice. That would be a true voter. The others are all
lesser voters, or even not voting at all. They’re just
indicating a belief, or a whim, but not making a wise choice.
That’s probably because they’re not wise.”  [T]he electorate
that granted Barack Obama a second term was unwise—the president
achieved “a sneaky victory.” The Democrats said nothing about
their plans for the future. All they did was attack the other
side. Obama’s campaign consisted entirely of saying ‘I’m on your
side’ to the American people, to those in the middle. No matter
what comes next, this s