Why is government broken? Independent writer John Avlon blames broken government on “wingnuts.” And he notes something we have noted here: Rush Limbaugh’s comments after the election of Obama “I hope he fails” helped set the strident tone of what was to come — and is unfolding. Avlon isn’t optimistic about what is to come give polarization patterns and with mid-terms coming up:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.