Republican Crackup

This article by Robert Reich is a  must read to understand what is going on in the Republican party. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/republican-party-newt-gi...

Of special note is the paragraph where Mr. Reich writes: 

"America has had a long history of white Southern radicals who will stop at nothing to get their way -- seceding from the Union in 1861, refusing to obey Civil Rights legislation in the 1960s, shutting the government in 1995, and risking the full faith and credit of the United States in 2010."

Many Americans are not aware of the "southern white strategy" and those of us that are may tend to overlook it as a reason for the Repub's bad behavior.  Mr. Reich eloquently re-states it.