The struggles of the next few weeks are about what sort of party the G.O.P. is — a normal conservative party or an odd protest movement that has separated itself from normal governance, the normal rules of evidence and the ancient habits of our nation …. If the debt ceiling talks fail, independent voters will see that Democrats were willing to compromise but Republicans were not. If responsible Republicans don’t take control, independents will conclude that Republican fanaticism caused this default. They will conclude that Republicans are not fit to govern. And they will be right.
— David Brooks, writing in the New York Times op-ed pages.
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Buck, glad you posted this. I found the whole column extraordinary.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/opinion/05brooks.html?_r=2&src=rechp
Especially extraordinary given the source!
While for once I agree with David Brooks, the fact that he’s going against the Tea Baggers will only cause them to redouble their efforts (aided by vacuous bloviating from Rush) to force the Republicans to continue to pull down the American Temple on all of our heads.