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1. SuperPACs
2. Boehner's, Cantor's and McConnell's posturing on the debt ceiling in light of the last 20-30 years debt ceiling increases by the GOP
3. Welfare funding cuts alongside a denial of any tax increases for the rich (the justification for this position is utterly ridiculous imo)
4. The ridiculous number of filibusters by the GOP in the last 12-18 months bringing effective lawmaking almost to a standstill when it is intended as a political mechanism only to be used in the rarest of circumstances.These are all reasons why I'm very worried for you America, I don't know how you're going to fix this (particularly your democracy turning into a plutocracy), and I really don't want severe damage to the fabric of your country to be the wake-up call that it needs, but I'm not sure I see any other way now. The GOP position, to a rational and informed member of the public, must surely be completely untenable?? I think it still stuns a lot of the rest of us.
I hope there is a Romney/Bachman 2012 attempt, I expect it would fail while still leaving the GOP with a small piece of self-respect, and also be sufficiently bad to give the Dems back the mandate and the majorities it needs to make some of these much-needed changes to your system.
PS. it's great to see some relatively civil discourse going on in here, I really like to see the politics thread in motion on QBN.