1861 Sans Lincoln

George McClellan was the dashing commander of the Army of the Potomac at the start of the Civil War, whom the troops loved but whom Abraham Lincoln scorned as timid and quick to retreat.

Perhaps now even Steelers fans will understand why I have taken to calling the House Republican the McClellan Republicans –always preparing to fight but never quite getting to the political battlefield that is the great spending debate.

That's the opening two paragraphs of a Town Hall article penned by Hugh Hewitt. He then throws his woodshed open to the Republican Congressional leadership and lavishes the hickory on them. Well worth the click time.
We need a Grant, not a grant......