Divided we stand

The Washington Monthly argues that the "GOP caucuses in both chambers have embraced a hysterical, borderline-nihilist worldview, which is often terrifying in its scope and severity." This political disease is now spreading to GOP governorships, in their view. Moderates like Charlie Crist in Florida and Arnold Schwarzenegger in California are becoming quaint relics. Therefore, "President Obama not only has to resolve crises unlike anything his predecessors have dealt with in generations, he has to do so with a ridiculous Republican Party in Washington that approaches public policy with all the sophistication of a junior-high student government, and Republican governors who resist effective policies for purely ideological reasons." A troubling state of affairs.