WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE G.O.P.? Among other things, one of their education priorities is to pressure colleges on illegal downloading, endorsing a proposal that Harry Reid had already floated and withdrawn in the face of pushback from colleges.

Message to Republicans: The entertainment industries are your enemies. They’re one of the main sources of money for Democrats, and provide a lot of valuable free media for them, too. Why help them out? Especialy when you might actually pick up some youth votes by taking a different position?

Jeez, this has been obvious for a long time.