WHINING BECOMES THEM. I didn't have the presence of mind to take any notes, but was just watching some C-SPAN and was struck by how much the Republicans sounded like, well, Democrats. They complained about procedure ("Democrats didn't even have a committee mark-up! And not one public hearing!" The scoundrels!) and offered long, emotional sermons on the horrors of outsourcing, the decline in manufacturing jobs, and the struggles of ordinary Americans. It's remarkable: In the minority, they sounded exactly like Democrats. At least until it came clear that they were arguing to retain tax breaks for the oil industry. --Ezra Klein
