The GOP, Now With Less Crazy

On the way out of the Metro and into the National Press Club, I glanced at a copy of Politico’s print edition. The top political story was tomorrow’s congressional primary in South Carolina: “[Mark] Sanford Seems Headed for a Runoff.” The main photo, occupying a third of the page, recapped last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference: Sarah Palin, who sort-of governed Alaska...