While folks on both sides of the aisle are appropriately reluctant to exploit Superstorm Sandy for political gain, I guess there’s no reason for me to avoid any potential advantage we might grab in terms of usage.

A friendly pundit pointed out on radio this morning that “There’s a silver lining in all of this devastation — both sides have been working together on the recovery efforts.”

This is so much more productive than only one side working together.

To me, the silver lining would be if Mr. Pundit had said, “the two sides are working together.”