He tried to roar back at his critics. “Those who can, build. Those who can’t, criticize,” he said. But his invective, once so feared, was now ridiculed.

He and Joel went to the White House to meet with Obama about it, with Mark saying, “The government kind of blew it on this. They were just way over the line.” Not long after, he was offering a much better deal to the Chinese.

He’s supposed to be working with his fellow legislators, following the civic script I learned in school, not giving them Hulk Hogan’s Atomic Leg Drop. Right?