Happy Hour Vid: GOP Politics in Four Seconds

Heather Horn May 25, 2010
Behold "Reihan Salam's four-second summary of GOP politics," proclaimed the Bloggingheads Twitter feed on Monday afternoon. The link was to the following video, in which the conservative journalist of Forbes, The Daily Beast, and National Review talks to New York Times columnist Ross Douthat:


The summary of the video prompted a response from Salam. "Um. Not all Republicans are guilty," he tweets. "But yes." For those looking for a somewhat more extended taste of the Douthat-Salam discussion, here's another entertaining bit at the end, where the two discuss comic-book movies.

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