Now that the Republicans are poised to become completely irrelevant to the concerns of ordinary people - who for some reason don't think that high corporate taxes or high capital gains tax rates are our more pressing issues - Wonks Anonymous wonders if the liberal wing of the Democratic party will become the new loyal opposition.

He would dearly love to see a talk show where Larry Summers spoke and Paul Krugman was presented as balance. Nancy Pelosi versus some blue dog Democrat?