JONAH GOLDBERG ON BETRAYING THE BASE:

The GOP grew sweaty and bloated like a fat man at an all-you-can-eat pasta bar, and the voters were right to pry the Republicans’ white-knuckled grip from the hot table’s sneeze guard.

So here’s the ironic part. Suddenly, it looks as if the Democrats are the Republicans on fast-forward.

Read the whole thing. And is it just me, or is the pasta-bar analogy reminiscent of an old episode of Hill Street Blues . . . .