You must be too young to remember Nixon.
And they started in on him in the fifties.
You took my words away. For Traub, the Times, Daschle and most other Dems, it is important that History be defined as starting with Gingrich and after Eisenhower, Nixon, Tower, Bork, Thomas, Scalia, etc.
George W. Bush came to Washington to return integrity to the U.S. Presidency and extended his hand to Democrats, exclaiming he wanted to change the tone in Washington, meeting with Democrats immediately upon taking office after a truncated transition period (Clinton didn't meet with Congressional Republicans for seven weeks), downplaying the damage done and items stolen by his predecessors, patting Daschle on the shoulder in a manly hug, inviting Kennedy to the White House to watch movies and push the education agenda. And what did Dems do? They bite Dubya's extended hand. Clinton had taught them the campaign season never ends.
It's Tora, Tora, Tora forever. Not exactly what voters want to see, however. So it's probably Sayonara, Kamikazes! Don't let the D.C. door hit you in the cockpit!