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| New York Times columnist Ross Douthat speaks at Union Forum Sept. 20. (Photo by Morris Abernathy) - |
To understand how we ended up in this strange political moment, with the federal government shuttered in pursuit of a political goal that most elected Republicans concede is well-nigh-impossible to achieve, it’s worth talking not only about polarization and redistricting and the conservative media landscape and anti-Obama sentiment and the weakening of institutional party power, but also about a more basic, often-underappreciated element in how many movement conservatives regard the history of the last forty years.
Read more: http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/why-the-right-fights/?_r=0
