7.17.11b

Krugman's column should be entitled, "Yeah, I said it."

"So there has been no pressure on the G.O.P. to show any kind of responsibility, or even rationality — and sure enough, it has gone off the deep end. If you’re surprised, that means that you were part of the problem."

Getting to Crazy

www.nytimes.com

Commentators seem shocked at Republican unreasonableness as a debt default looms, but it is the end result of a process that has lasted decades.