[Posted by Karl] Yesterday, I wrote about the claims from Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein that the GOP is ideologically extreme and scornful of compromise, noting that the Democrats are similarly afflicted with the problems they identified. However, we need not simply analyze their claims on the basis of what is wrong with [...]
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That was the title of a now-famous essay by Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein: Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of com... Read Post
[Posted by Karl] Let’s just say it. After all, that’s what Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein did to the Republicans at the WaPo, apparently set off by this incident: Rep. Allen West, a Florida Republican, was recently captured o... Read Post
Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein's reality check has been pinging around the blogs the past few days. Money quote: The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmov... Read Post