GOP Wave Means Voters Are 'Spoiled Brats'?

I was on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Friday, and one of the many interesting topics we discussed was Eugene Robinson's Washington Post column, "The Spoiled-Brat American Electorate."

If you haven't read it yet, here's an excerpt:

"Voters appear to be so fed up with the Democrats that they're ready to toss them out in favor of the Republicans -- for whom, according to those same polls, the nation has even greater contempt. This isn't an "electoral wave," it's a temper tantrum.

"... In the punditry business, it's considered bad form to question the essential wisdom of the American people. But at this point, it's impossible to ignore the obvious: The American people are acting like a bunch of spoiled brats."

Robinson stresses that his argument is not "partisan," but one can't help but notice the convenient timing: Now that voters are swinging to the Republicans, they are throwing a "temper tantrum." (One wonders whether they were throwing a similar tantrum when they got fed up with Bush and voted in Barack Obama?) ...

Regardless of where you come down on this argument, Robinson has written a thought-provoking column, and it spawned an interesting debate.

Update: Several folks have reminded me of this line from Peter Jennings in 1994:

Some thoughts on those angry voters. Ask parents of any two-year-old and they can tell you about those temper tantrums: the stomping feet, the rolling eyes, the screaming ...

You can watch the video here (I come in at about the 6:52 mark):

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