Pretty Persuasion

Yglesias mentions the left's baffling inability to persuade the public that their ideas are good ones. I was screaming at someone the other day that a perfect example is the current attempt at financial reform. I mean, if you're a politician and you can't convince someone that maybe it's a good idea to make it harder for the people that made you lose your house ruin your life again, then you're probably a terrible politician who is just wasting good ideas. The paradox of the left having good ideas and being unable to sell them and the right's ability to sell their own stunningly bad ideas is so tragic it's comical.