Borrowing a page from Gingrich's book

It's a sad sorta irony when Newt Gingrich's acumen in bringing the GOP to power in Congress makes for such an effective bludgeon against his own party, but with the way that smug self-righteousness has devolved into the last few years of corruption, unprecedented spending, and a corporate takeover of the government... why not?

Barack Obama hit a home run with a speech this week in which he borrows Gingrich's phrase "Had enough?"

I don't know about you, but I think old Newt is onto something here. Because I think we've all had enough. Enough of the broken promises. Enough of the failed leadership. Enough of the can't-do, won't-do, won't-even-try style of governance.

Four years after 9/11, I've had enough of being told that we can find the money to give Paris Hilton more tax cuts, but we can't find enough to protect our ports or our railroads or our chemical plants or our borders.

I've had enough of the closed-door deals that give billions to the HMOs when we're told that we can't do a thing for the 45 million uninsured or the millions more who can't pay their medical bills.

Highly recommended, and I hope that other Dems were taking notes.