Republicans are the problem

[rightwinger]

Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com

. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
"When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges."

 

[Oddball]

*yawn*

 

[The T]

*yawn*

*Dittoed*

 

[rightwinger]

Human beings will typically fight much more ferociously to keep what they possess than to gain something new. And the constituencies that vote Republican happen to possess the most and thus to be exposed to the worst risks of loss.
The Republican voting base includes not only the wealthy with the most to fear from tax increases, but also the elderly and the rural, the two constituencies that benefit the most from federal spending and thus have the most to lose from spending cuts.
All those constituencies together fear that almost any conceivable change will be change for the worse from their point of view: higher taxes, less Medicare, or possibly both. Any attempt to do more for other constituencies -- the unemployed, the young -- represents an extra, urgent threat to them.
That sense of threat radicalizes voters and donors -- and has built a huge reservoir of votes and money for politicians and activists who speak as radically as the donors and voters feel.

 

[Oddball]

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Dirty water, dirty air, kids with Down syndrome thrown out into the street, granny shoved over a cliff, war on women, starving chiiiiillllldrrreeeennnn.....

Physician, heal thyself.

 

[The T]

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Dirty water, dirty air, kids with Down syndrome thrown out into the street, granny shoved over a cliff, war on women, starving chiiiiillllldrrreeeennnn.....

Indeed. SOSDD...nothing of substance as perusual...

 

[Annie]

Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com

. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
"When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges."

The best that can be said of Norman Ornstein, is that he's 'conservative left' according to Wiki. No bias there.

Looking a bit more closely.

...Ornstein helped draft key parts of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as the McCain-Feingold Act.[2]

Ornstein is a long-time friend of current U. S. Senator and former comedian Al Franken. Ornstein considers himself a centrist...[3]

He has every right to consider himself however he wishes. Deanie for years claimed he was a Republican.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

But there is never a Far Left or Extreme Left

 

[Missourian]

Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com

. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
"When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges."

Op-ed, not news. Try again.

David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweak and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor.​

 

[Big Black Dog]

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Dirty water, dirty air, kids with Down syndrome thrown out into the street, granny shoved over a cliff, war on women, starving chiiiiillllldrrreeeennnn.....

Physician, heal thyself.

Have you been sprinkling liberal Democrat powder on your corn flakes in the mornings?

 

[WillowTree]

I personally don't think the Independents are going to take kindly to demonizing Bain Capital, and the unleashing of military drones on the US citizen..oh and digging up divorce records of donors.. nope.

 

[hortysir]

Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com

. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
"When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges."

Budget?

 

[LeftofLeft]

Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com

. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
"When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges."

FACT: Republicans "moved" to a position of limited government, reducing taxes, and emphasized that marriage is between man and woman. When and how did CNN become judge, jury, and executioner of what is "mainstream" and these positions are not mainstream? .....and people wonder why there is a market for Fox News.

 

[The T]

Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com

. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
"When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges."

Budget?

As a matter of course YOU mean 'Raise the Debt Ceiling...

 

[rightwinger]

Republican extremism is scaring even hard core Republicans

Strict adherence to dogma, unwillingness to compromise, brinkmanship pushed to the limits all to force a position held by only a small percentage of the party

 

[Charles_Main]

Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com

. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
"When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges."

ROFLMAO at the Simple mindedness of this Thread.

 

[Stephanie]

Fear fueling Republican extremism - CNN.com

. "In our past writings, we have criticized both parties when we believed it was warranted. Today, however, we have no choice but to acknowledge that the core of the problem lies with the Republican Party.
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition.
"When one party moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges."

ALREADY BEEN POSTED..
what a bunch of crappola..

 

[hortysir]

Republican extremism is scaring even hard core Republicans

Strict adherence to dogma, unwillingness to compromise, brinkmanship pushed to the limits all to force a position held by only a small percentage of the party

Obama's dick.

Still can't Budge-It out of your mouth.

 

[Trajan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Dirty water, dirty air, kids with Down syndrome thrown out into the street, granny shoved over a cliff, war on women, starving chiiiiillllldrrreeeennnn.....

Physician, heal thyself.

hey....didn't the weedle kiddies get thrown into the street when congress and Clinton reformed welfare? .....who's left to throw out?

 

[whitehall]

The truth according to ...CNN? CNN's left wing bigotry is the reason they only have a couple of hundred viewers today.