It does seem that the past week or so has not been particularly kind to those who lean left on the political spectrum. After a devastating loss in the Senate to the national gun lobby over universal background checks, dashed hopes for a Democratic congressional seat win in South Carolina and the undying yet unfounded allegations over last year's Benghazi attacks, the road remains bumpy for the administration's progressive agenda. For the most part, the left may have been unrealistic in their expectations. Now we learn that the Internal Revenue Service has been singling out right wing organizations for special scrutiny while the Department of Justice under an administration obsessed with plugging leaks has been snooping through Associated Press reporters' phone records. Before we rush to judge President Obama as Nixon Revisited, we have no indication he was involved in any of the inappropriate activities attributed to the IRS or DOJ. Nixon was caught on tape. That being said, the President needs to do everything in his power to get to the bottom of this outrageous stupidity. Some Republicans have referred themselves lately as the "party of stupid." Democrats who get careless about where they pick their battles risk major harm to their brand too.
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