Arby's Roast Beef

Via Yglesias:

Jon Chait has a more detailed response to this than I can muster, but note that what Continetti is saying here is basically that right-wing policies aren’t unpopular, it’s just that the catastrophic consequences of right-wing policies are unpopular.

I would say the two biggest PHILOSOPHICAL policies of course are "no taxes" and "no regulation." Unless it's for the military, a "catastrophic consequence" to the right-wing is something actually costing money, whereas a "catastrophic consequence" to the left is having to stand there as people die from lack of healthcare, bridges are collapsing and Johnny can't read etc.

And of course just like the spectre of fewer taxes, the right wing pants like Pavlov's dog whenever they prospect of deregulation comes up. And I believe that we've all seen the "catastrophic consequences" of that.

Funny-named guy goes on with:

I’m not really sure what the big political moral of the story is here, but the fact of the matter is that we’re left with the conclusion that conservative ideas about governance are basically unworkable. And I think that is the real problem with the right’s unwillingness to engage in a constructive way on the climate, health care, and tax debates

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The right-wing wet dream is to have unregulated government that costs absolutely nothing and is run by complete idiots to lend credence to their own "see? the government can't do anything right!!" creed. Which yeah, sounds good if waved in front of somebody like an Arby's roast beef sandwich ("FREE???? Yeah!") but with, say it with me...catastrophic consequences. Brilliant.