Drum on Brooks: Give the Terrorists What They Want

Kevin Drum accurately summarizes David Brooks's version of the argument Republicans have tacitly been pushing for the last year:

Shorter David Brooks: congressional Republicans are such implacable assholes that they'll flatly refuse to support big legislation that's good for the country as long as Barack Obama is president. But congressional Democrats are more reasonable, so if Mitt Romney wins, he'll be able to get some big stuff passed. Therefore you should vote for Romney.

Shorter shorter David Brooks: the only way to deal with terrorists is to give them what they want.