Darth Vader and Fear

Before I go, I wanted to point you all towards Kevin Drum's site as well. He blogs for the Washington Monthly and was formerly known as Calpundit.

Anyway, I like his take on things, and this is an interesting observation on the way the executive can pull power towards himself if he is allowed to do so by, for instance, a pliable, lap-doggish media and a public that stares and nods with glazed eyes at whatever happens to come from the bully pulpit of the president. It's very simple to get your way in politics today. All it comes down to is one word. Fear.