After the hoopla over the debt ceiling is now officially over and there couldn’t be any adverse effects on the poor, but thank goodness the armageddon that we imposed on ourselves and then averted–good work, Superman!–is no longer a threat, we can go onto other stuff: like petty politics!  If you just can’t get enough, here is an accounting of the media’s response and here is my own.  Up next political infighting and some embarrassing town halls!

Didn’t somebody say something about jobs, healthcare, and the poor?

I must have been hearing things.