BEST YET? Matt, along with The Onion's AV Club, is trying to convince us that 1997 was the best year for music. I'm going to avoid that debate, but it leads me to a similar question I've been pondering since a recent conversation: What has been the best year for domestic politics so far? What I mean is, the year where we really seemed to be getting things right at home, and doing well abroad, and America seemed to be on the high road to the end of history, or whatever criteria one might choose to qualify a year as the "best." I'm thinking of surveying thought-leaders in conservative, liberal, and all the other spheres about what that year would be, coming from their respective ideologies. Perhaps someone else has done this before? In the meantime, I'm soliciting thoughts from TAPPED readers on what that year would be for them. So, have at it.
--Kate Sheppard