I just read a statement in your book "The Argument" where you said that conservatives "ended up running up deficits that would have been unimaginable to Jimmy Carter."

I wonder what your opinion is of the deficits under the Obama administration?

I just tossed your book in the recycling. At least I supported the used book store where I bought it, and it will serve a better purpose as recycled paper.

- Dave Thomas

Good to support used bookstores while we still have them. Good to recycle for the environment, while we still have one. A win-win all around.

I have to say, Dave, I marvel at the way you seem to have read a book critical of Democratic ideas on every other page and come away focused on a single line that holds Republicans accountable. Sign of the times, I guess. People see only that which confirms their expectations--which must be comforting on some level, but probably makes for a boring intellectual existence. Go buy Rush Limbaugh's latest--you won't be disappointed.

- Matt Bai
on July 17, 2010