| "The biggest SECRET of the Republican triumph surely lies in the discovery that obstructionism bordering on sabotage is a winning political strategy. Leading Republicans managed to mask their true positions. Most voters don't know much about policy details, nor do they understand the legislative process. So all they saw was that the man in the White House wasn't delivering prosperity -- and they punished his party. From Day 1 of the Obama administration, Mr. McConnell and his colleagues have done everything they could to undermine effective policy, in particular blocking every effort to do the obvious thing -- boost infrastructure spending -- in a time of low interest. In short, the story of conservative economics these past six years and more has been one of intellectual debacle -- made worse by the striking inability of many on the right to admit error under any circumstances." |
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