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Jonathan Bernstein: The irresponsible Republican Party Dec 27th 2012, 15:14 It's worth noting, again, the irresponsible behavior of the Republicans with regard to the fiscal crisis. At its core, this is not about a tea party mindset that refuses all compromises based on either misguided principle or fear of primaries. That's happening, as Steve Kornacki explains this morning, but it's not the core problem. Nor is it about a House speaker too afraid of losing his job that he becomes too cowardly to put pressure on members of his conference or to pass something without the crazies of his conference. It's not even, really, about a party refusing to accept the election returns or having a fanatical devotion to low tax rates no matter what. All those things are true, but they aren't the worst of it. Read full article >> Jonathan Bernstein: Happy Hour Roundup Dec 26th 2012, 23:43 The Treasury Department issued a warning today about the debt limit that's receiving a fair amount of attention. Don't worry: there's no real news here; this is exactly what was programmed in from way back in the summer 2011 debt-limit showdown, and the real drop-dead date on the debt limit is still a couple of months away. Read full article >>

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