"Ten Takeaways From The Great G.O.P. Cave-In"

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Ten Takeaways From The Great G.O.P. Cave-In

Posted by John Cassidy at the New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/10/ten-takeaways-from-the-great-gop-cave-in.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=facebook

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5. Republicans need remedial lessons in game theory. If you aren’t willing to go over the cliff, and your opponent knows that, there’s no point in engaging in brinkmanship.

6. Ted Cruz is a charlatan. He pushed for a government shutdown and then joined a protest by veterans and Tea Party members against the closure of national monuments.

7. If anyone has a justification for smoking, it’s John Boehner. Really, wouldn’t you want a Camel Ultra Light if you had his job?

8. The two-and-a-half-week government shutdown probably reduced quarterly G.D.P. growth by about 0.3 per cent. But much of that loss will be made up when the government re-opens.




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