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Face it. Obama was sent upward from the fires of hell just to bug Republicans. They just want him to go away. They just want to feel good about themselves. They thought they’d won the election. But it feels more and more like they got the booby prize. Obama won’t won’t cooperate by just fading away. Worse: they are — once again — overwhelmed by their crazies.

In the wake of the midterm elections, Republicans said they would prove they could govern. This did not, in contrast to the flickering hopes of bipartisans, mean that they would start passing business-friendly reform bills that Obama would sign. It meant they would keep the kooks locked in the basement. Republicans had swept the elections by making politics boring, relentlessly policing their nominees from uttering any controversial statements, and grinding Washington to a halt. The Republican plan for the next two years was continued, boring gridlock. No shutdowns, no impeachment.

But just a week and a half after the elections, the kooks are pounding on the door. …JonathanChait,DailyIntel

Cross-posted from Prairie Weather

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