"A year of stupidity - and a glimmer of hope"

by Rex W. Huppke in today's Chicago Tribune

one small part:
By year's end, Congress was so polarized that when Obama reached a deal with Republicans on tax cuts, it was at first applauded by the right as a victory and assailed on the left as a cowardly defeat. But within days, the right decided they'd given too much, and suddenly it was the left that had won. Rather than truly focusing on the country's needs, our "leaders" were engaged in a fierce debate that essentially went like this:
"You gave too much!"
"No, YOU did!"
"No, YOU!"
Fabulous. We've officially made it to kindergarten.

For Mr. Huppke's entire column, please see
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-talk-huppke-stupidity-20101230,0,557771.story