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For Tim Griffin And for responsible politics IS JOYCE ELLIOTT running for Congress in the Second District or is she just running against Tim Griffin? Does it say anything about her own qualifications, or her lack of same, that she seems to spend most of her time talking about her opponent? An unsuspecting voter visiting her campaign’s official website might ask the same questions. Here’s an item listed in the site’s “news” category, originally reported by an outfit called the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and repeated on Joyce Elliot’s website like the juicy bit of gossip it...

No need to meet GOP halfway Gene Lyons For President Obama to treat individual Republicans with civility is one thing. Etiquette, however, has its limits. Embracing bipartisanship as a political goal can be a snare and a delusion. It has certainly seemed so of late, as GOP congressmen responded to Obama’s friendly overtures by voting unanimously against his desperately needed economic stimulus, persevering in their party’s cultlike faith in tax cuts and aligning themselves with a bombastic radio talker who brags that he wants the president to fail. In response, the mannerly official scorers at ABC’s “The Note” awarded the...