"Will Smith vs. Urkle"

If you saw the Republican response to Barack's speech last night then you know first hand what it's like to watch a political career spiral down the toilet bowl of history. It was so bad that a tiny piece of me felt sorry for him but then I came to my senses.

If you didn't see it, the reviews are in and they ain't pretty...

From Andrew Sullivan's Blog...

A reader writes:

Talking to a witty, politically tuned-in co-worker this morning about the speech and response last night. His summation:

"That was like watching Will Smith vs. Urkle ... Who do you think the American people are going to listen to?"

From Nate Silver at Fivethirtyeight.com...

If it sounds like Jindal is targeting his speech to a room full of fourth graders, that's because he is. They might be the next people to actually vote for Republicans again.

From Comedy Central...

I personally am way more interested in Bobby Jindal's response. Because it's a lot easier to make fun of a trainwreck than to make fun of a train that pretty much arrives when you thought it would but maybe smelled a little bit like salami.

From Ezra Klein at The American Prospect...

Bobby Jindal's delivery is very strange. As if Kenneth from '30 Rock' began doing infomercials.

and if you weren't convinced that he totally stunk up the joint, Limbaugh's "best offense is a good defense" support for Jin-down will do the trick...

[T]he people on our side are really making a mistake if they go after Bobby Jindal on the basis of style. Because if you think — people on our side I’m talking to you — those of you who think Jindal was horrible, you think — in fact, I don’t ever want to hear from you ever again. … I’ve spoken to him numerous times, he’s brilliant. He’s the real deal.

Ouch.