As of this writing, the news seems as good as possiblefor Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her chances of surviving a shooting in Tuscon, Arizona, at a "Congress on Your Corner" event at a local Safeway.

As one may glean quickly from the comments on any number of news stories (say, here), people are always quick in these situations to try to ascribe political blame to their enemies. Such blame is almost always misassigned, and everyone typically ends up looking pretty foolish at the end of the day.

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