Remember 2012, with all that running for President, jumping out of the stratosphere to break the speed of sound, watching a 2½-hour movie about Lincoln negotiating for congressional votes, and pretending to understand the Higgs boson? All that trying so hard? This year, we learned a lesson. This year, we took it easy: 2013 was the year of not trying too hard.
The leader of the free world was the leader of not trying too hard. Instead of last-minute negotiations to prevent the sequester, we sequestered. Instead of last-minute negotiations to prevent the government shutdown, we shut down. He drew a...