Vandalism, Extortion, and the Rethuglican Way

Traditional conservative Andrew Sullivan is not mincing words when he observes what the Rethuglican extremists are doing:

"Obama has played punctiliously by the constitutional rules – two elections, one court case – while the GOP has decided that the rules are for dummies and suckers, and throws over the board game as soon as it looks as if it is going to lose by the rules as they have always applied. The president must therefore hold absolutely firm. This time, there can be no compromise because the GOP isn’t offering any. They’re offering the kind of constitutional surrender that would effectively end any routine operation of the American government. If we cave to their madness, we may unravel our system of government, something one might have thought conservatives would have opposed. Except these people are not conservatives. They’re vandals. This time, the elephant must go down. And if possible, it must be so wounded it does not get up for a long time to come."