Quote of the day

According to Jonathan Chait of The New Republic, it is because of the debt ceiling debate and the anti-Obama mania among the House Republican Freshman that:

The more we find out about the House Republican caucus, the more obvious it becomes that they’re not just trying to maximize their leverage by pretending to be crazy. They’re crazy.

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