- NYT conservative columnist Brooks says that current Republican party is not a "normal party" and "have no sense of moral decency" because they refuse to make minimal "no brainer" concessions on budget. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/opinion/05brooks.html?_r=1&hp 12 comments reddit.com
- 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. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/opinion/05brooks.html?src=ismr_ap_lo_mst_fb 16 comments politics
- The Mother of All No-Brainers | If the Republican Party were a normal party, it would take advantage of this amazing moment. But we can have no confidence that the Republicans will seize this opportunity because the Republican Party may no longer be a normal party. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/opinion/05brooks.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss 5 comments politics
- If the debt ceiling talks fail, independents voters will see that Democrats were willing to compromise but Republicans were not. They will conclude that Republicans are not fit to govern. And they will be right. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/opinion/05brooks.html?_r=2&ref=davidbrooks 103 comments politics
- The Mother of all No-Brainers - Is the Republican Party so blinded by its tax-rate fixation that it misses the chance to exchange a few revenue increases for huge spending cuts? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/opinion/05brooks.html 48 comments politics
Linking pages
- Behind the Republican Resistance to Compromise - The New York Times http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/why-the-g-o-p-cannot-compromise/ 15 comments
- The great deal they cannot take | The Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/07/debt-ceiling-negotiations?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fthegreatdealtheycannottake 13 comments
- David Brooks: GOP 'May No Longer Be A Normal Party' | HuffPost Latest News http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/david-brooks-republican-party-debt-ceiling_n_890738.html 5 comments
- 5 Reasons the House GOP Is to Blame - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/print/2011/07/five-reasons-the-house-gop-is-to-blame/242673/ 4 comments
- David Brooks Now Totally Pathological http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/david-brooks-now-totally-pathological.html?imw=y 3 comments
- Boehner tries to call a mulligan - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/03/boehner-tries-to-call-a-mulligan/?tid=socialss 3 comments
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