“The temptation to allow one’s brain to be inundated by election returns was just too strong. Why not watch every channel at once? On MSNBC, the talent was determined to salve the wounds of Democratic losses with the antibiotic of facts and figures. Usually one to salt-sprinkle, Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show was having one of those all-too-familiar-now exchanges with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, the kind of argument you have with an obstinate uncle.”
