William Saletan, one of Slate's stable of writers, is a steadfast Democratic Party loyalist. However, he takes the Democrats to task in this column for their emerging theme to paint the GOP as the party of dirty tricks, duplicity and double dealing (gee, I love alliteration), while simultaneously ignoring the same behavior from their colleagues on the left. It's a balanced, thoughtful article that points out the left are no strangers to the politics of destruction.