In their ongoing project to expand their influence, the Tea Party -- or in this case, Dick Armey 's FreedomWorks -- is about to start targeting corporations for their bottomless wrath. "We are going after the rent-seeking corporations feeding at the public trough," says the organization's spokesperson. Well, sort of. Actually, they're going to be naming and shaming companies that lobbied in support of the stimulus bill, which will no doubt be followed by further targeting of companies too friendly to Democrats in some other way. They certainly won't be going after the who-knows-how-many corporations that procure costly favors of one kind or another from the government -- don't hold your breath for them to target ExxonMobil over the billions in taxpayer subsidies oil companies receive, for example. But they've even got a poll showing that when you tell conservative Republicans that a company supported the stimulus, they turn against the company. I'm guessing the actual economic impact...

When the International Olympic Committee announced last October that London would host the 2016 Olympics, the reaction on the right was truly remarkable. America's bid for Chicago to host the event -- for which President Barack Obama had personally lobbied -- fell short. Anything that could be seen as a defeat for Obama, even if it was also a defeat for America, was cause for celebration. According to a writer for The Weekly Standard , "Cheers erupt[ed]" in the magazine's offices when the news was announced. And these are the serious conservatives, the ones with a direct line to Republican leaders. The spirit on the right that says anything that is bad for Obama must be good has only grown stronger in the year since. Now that Republicans will be holding one house of Congress, they have to decide how far to go in undermining the president. Early signs are not encouraging. It is the opposition's job to oppose, of course, and a political party must balance two sets of motivations. On one...