PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE APOLOGIZES TO BRUCE BARTLETT. I don’t think Bartlett is owed an apology, as his manner has sometimes been as mean-spirited as his detractors’. But the circular-firing-squad warnings are well-taken, and I certainly agree with this: “When you start seeing people like Chris Christie being attacked for not being conservative enough, you know that the right is in danger of going off the rails. Or at least some parts of it.”

Don’t demand perfection, or you’ll be disappointed. Demand as good as you can get, and move ahead. Political change is a process, not an event.