On Saturday, President Obama decried the “poisonous political climate” that’s based in “vilification and over-the-top rhetoric.” But Republican governors, with a different agenda, have quietly compared Obama to a British tyrant. John Avlon on how the party is test-driving a political attack for 2012.
Activists wearing Boston Tea Party-themed costumes gather to participate in a tax revolt rally in Santa Barbara, California, April 4, 2009. (Phil McCarten / Reuters)
