Thomas E. Mann (l) of Brookings and Norman Ornstein (r) the American Enterprise Institute put the blame where it belongs.
We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
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