Not Your Father's Bipartisanship

Classic Krugman on the "bipartisan" debt-reduction commission:

It seemed obvious, as soon as the commission's membership was announced, that "bipartisanship" would mean what it so often does in Washington: a compromise between the center-right and the hard-right.

Follow-up Krugman Quote de Jour (this time on Soc. Sec.):

So you're going to tell janitors to work until they’re 70 because lawyers are living longer than ever.