Via Ace and Right Wing News, if music be the food of Hopenchange, play on. No Jesus allusions in this one, sad to say — but then that’s why we have the New York Times.

Mock if you must, but I want you to know something. Whenever I hear about a shady backroom deal or an unconstitutional legislative gambit or an out-and-out bribe to some intractable member of the caucus, this is the sound my soul makes.