Kagan's non recusal, and what it means:


" The two parties are not playing the same game. They play different games, under different rules. What are these different rules? The Republicans more or less follow the laws and constitutional procedures, the Democrats deliberately and consciously break them. But the Republicans, while they complain incessantly about the Democrats, never identify this underlying fact. Why? Because that would show that the system is no longer legitimate. And the function of the Republicans, as "patriotic, conservative Americans," is to uphold the goodness and legitimacy of the system, a legitimacy which rests on the belief that everyone in American politics shares the same basic principles and loyalties. So the Republicans, as defenders of the system and its presumed basic unity, cannot expose what the Democrats are. If they exposed it, politics would be replaced by open war between two radically incompatible parties and America as we know it would come to an end."


I have noticed this more and more myself, especially after the election of Mr. Obama.  During his campaign, for instance, his campaign allowed anyone, even foreigners, to donate money, which is highly illegal.  This was common knowledge, yet it seemed no one in authority could bring themselves to call for a prosecution of this obvious crime.  Even the Republicans seemed to let it slide.  In addition, his campaign was caught saying one thing, about trade with foreign countries, that was highly controversial, and then telling those countries in private that they were lying, and that there would be no change if he were elected.  Normally a bald face lie to the country by a candidate would mean immediate disqualification and electoral loss, but not with this democrat.  Emboldened by these "successes" one can only wonder what laws they will ignore when it comes time for the next election.  This, far more than the Solyndra trouble, is a true and real threat to our republic.