Thomas Frank created a splash during the last election cycle with What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America. In this witty polemic, he argued that hot-button issues such as abortion or gay marriage had seduced blue-collar Democrats and Republicans alike into voting against their own economic interests. Now, just in time for our next trip through the electoral wringer, he has published The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule. It should be clear from the subtitle that he still has a bone to pick with what he calls "the leviathan of waste and misgovernment that is the glory of conservative Washington." Yet he also has some ideological aces up his sleeve--in the video below, he anoints Bill Clinton as an honorary conservative and celebrates John McCain as the Republican with the cleanest hands. He also shares his views about the recent Democratic convention and the current, somewhat muted Republican affair.