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Republicans have strayed from the virtues of respect for tradition, says Jacob Weisberg
It is a casus belli for the rightwing’s battle over the role of government
Speaker Boehner must save his country from his party
Tea Party wields disproportionate power in Congress
The shutdown has idled workers, spooked markets and split the right. But the Tea Party says it is just getting started
The Republicans who shut down the government are like overindulged, trophy-laden children
Conservative stalwarts are the sort of allies the mainstream can do without, writes Reihan Salam
The Tea Party’s fiscal brinkmanship is reckless and wrong
Takeover of congressional representatives is textbook Trotsky
The Red Menace is alive and well in the imagination of Senator Ted Cruz
The question is whether they dive into their own political abyss in unison or in pieces
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