"We did not express much satisfaction."

One of my favorite Johnson quotes. But GOP discontent with their presidential contenders seems to be continuing, according to newly-released polling data from Pew. 52% see the field as fair or poor, an increase from 44% in the beginning of January. (There's more at the link. So click, ye clickritude.)

I just finished reading MLK's "Why We Can't Wait," and while it focuses on the civil rights struggles of 1963, a lot of it is applicable to today if you think broadly. One point he made was that the civil rights movement should not be discounted because its leaders disagree with each other. "Unity has never been defined as uniformity," he wrote, and then went on to discuss how Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton et al overcame their differences in throwing off England and establishing the United States. I do think the Republicans are going to coalesce around Romney; the protect-the-SCOTUS argument will work better than anything else. I just don't know if it's going to generate sufficient turn-out to help the down-ticket candidates. (As I've said before.)

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