"Clapping Harder will not make Jane Hamsher right. No matter who says."

There is a fundamental flaw in FDL's argument...

that is not pointed out enough. Coalitions with political opponents can be desirable when the end goals are the same (ex. lefty groups and libertarians making common cause for marijuana legalization). If they are not, they don't make any sense.

Ostensibly Ms. Hamsher wants a better health-care bill (I actually doubt this, but let's assume it's true for arguments sake). Grover fucking Norquist doesn't want a better health-care bill. He doesn't want any bill. He wants to dismantle the entirety of the US social safety net, repeal the New Deal, and (his words) "drown the government in the bathtub".

The stupidity of this alliance is astounding. How is weakening the President and trying to kill his legislative agenda going to help get "progressive" legislation passed?

Unreal.