“I feel like I’m living in a cartoon where no one remembers anything.”

And so the Democratic Party slides inexorably to the right, filling the vacuum left by the Republican Party’s descent into lunacy. I have not been a real Democrat for years, just by virtue of the fact that I’ve stayed where I have always been. Since changing addresses requires re-registering, I have used that opportunity to also change my affiliation to independent voter.

This morning's Frank Rich:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09rich.html