The Red is Rocked

By Zamboni

We cats were briefly worried that to recognize tonight's astounding achievement by the Montreal Canadiens, we'd have to go off-topic. After all, this is not a sports blog. But then we realized we were okay.

Because as surely as the Washington Capitals choked in three periods of hockey at the Verizon Center just now, Senate Republicans finally crumbled on the Hill — after three votes defending the Wall Street thieves and vandals who almost wrecked the country.

The GOP hasn't been distinguishing itself much lately. Like the Caps, they make a lot of noise and occasionally even win a battle or two. But in the end, as we saw with financial reform, they can't keep it together. They knew that with repeated Senate votes held far into the night — a scenario promised earlier today by Harry Reid — their farcical talking point about guaranteed future bailouts just wouldn't hold up.

"Rock the red" sure sounds a little hollow — whether we're talking about guys in red jerseys or folks from red states. We cats PURR.