Abbreviated Pundit Round Up: 2013 -- the year in stink

I kicked off last January with a column hailing John Boehner, the much-maligned speaker of the House, as an "American hero" who deserved more credit than he was getting for averting shutdowns, debt-ceiling debacles and a fiscal cliff-jump in 2011 and 2012.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/29/1265844/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-Up-2013-the-year-in-stink