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"Absent strong leadership from mature adults, the GOP is drifting past “party of no” territory into an uncharted realm where the object seems to be to make the nation ungovernable.
...At this point, Republicans won’t even support their own ideas. For years, the party has complained that corporate tax rates are so high they discourage job creation. So what was the reaction when Obama proposed lowering those corporate tax rates? House leaders immediately signaled that they were not interested.
...If we get past the shutdown threat, the next opportunity for mayhem will be a GOP threat — yet again — to grievously wound the economy by refusing to raise the statutory debt ceiling. Maybe we’ll make it past this crisis, too. But chances that Republicans will actually let Congress do anything constructive seem dimmer than ever.
Obama can use his executive powers, but those only go so far. Next year, voters will have to decide whether elected officials who do not believe in government should perhaps find another line of work."
THE WASHINGTON POST: The party of (nutty) ideas
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