Bitter much?

Is this insniping really the best that the Republican party has to offer?

Victor Davis Hanson: Why the Elitist Hatred Toward Palin?

Peggy Noonan: A Farewell to Harms

A lot of good thought in both of these pieces. But what they also reflect is the degree to which bitterness over matters of power and privilege drive too much of the thought, in all quarters really, about matters that are too grave to be driven by anything other than more serious and reflective consideration of policies that keep us safer, freer, more prosperous, and, in the end, reflect our best efforts and our better, more decent, more thoughtful selves.

Isn't it about time we had more honest, humble, open-hearted, open-minded discussions about serious policy matters?

Or is bitter the soil of some greater wisdom, these days?

I have my doubts.