From the past to the present, too many U.S. politicians have willingly allowed themselves to be bought and used.
The debt ceiling farce is just a microcosm of the polarization of American political life and the deterioration of the political ecology.
[I]f the Republican Party consistently engages in factional ... political conflict, it will give China and Russia a weak spot they can exploit.
The Republicans are increasingly becoming a liability, and not only for the political culture of the United States.
The bad precedent from two years ago is proving to be contagious.