GOP "once the daddy party, now they're the abusive ex-husband with a substance abuse problem party"

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From Josh Barro, politics editor at Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-arent-the-daddy-party-anymore-2013-10

If you look past the crude gender stereotype, the mommy party/daddy party frame is actually a useful way to think about politics. Government needs to uplift the poor and protect the vulnerable; it also needs to be mindful of resource limitations, encourage productivity, and conduct its own operations efficiently.

Two parties that put different weight on these values can have productive debates about making government better. But Republicans today are not holding up their end of the division of labor.

If Republicans were once the daddy party, now they're the abusive ex-husband with a substance abuse problem party.

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It's Democrats who are mindful of the financial markets and striving to avoid roiling them with the prospect of payment default. It's Democrats who are finding ways to control health care costs. It's President Obama who is trying to get Republicans to cut a deal to slow the growth of old-age entitlement spending.

This makes me wonder: Why aren't more business interests breaking with Republicans? Groups like the Chamber of Commerce are expressing irritation with Republicans over the government shutdown and debt ceiling brinksmanship, but they're not taking the obvious next step and aligning with Democrats.

Republicans' role as the "daddy party" and the party of business have always been closely linked: Daddy's restraint is what stops the government from sinking the economy when it tries to provide nice things to the public. Now that daddy is drunk and beating the children, it's time for business to throw its support behind mommy.

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