""The second is the fact that, however awkward it may be for the traditional press and nonpartisan analysts to acknowledge, one of the major two parties, the Republican Party, has become an insurgent outlier--ideologically extreme; contemptuous of the inherited social and economic policy regime; scornful of compromise; unpersuaded by conventional understanding of facts, evidence, and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition. When one party moves this far from the center of American politics, it is extremely difficult to enact policies responsive to the country's most pressing challenges" (xiv). "
From the book It's Even Worse Than It Looks by Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein, which I just started reading today.
The quote goes to anyone who likes to say "oh, both parties are both the same." No. They are not. There is a clear difference, and in this instance, the Republicans have pretty much gone way out of the reservation as the saying goes. This book promises to look at the current dysfunction in American politics, how it got there, and offer some solutions. But like an alcoholic, the first step is admitting there is a problem, and in this instance, it is GOP.
