Let's call them all lunatics: Fearful "balanced" "journalists" let wingnuts run wild - ... - 0 views
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In their 2012 book, “It’s Even Worse Than it Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism,” Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein argued that America’s political dysfunction had two causes: First, the mismatch between our constitutional system, requiring compromise, and our increasingly polarized, parliamentary-style politics.
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Second, the fact that polarization has been asymmetric, turning the GOP into an insurrectionary anti-government party, even when in power.
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Despite overwhelming historical data showing asymmetrical polarization in Congress (more recent additions here), their argument did not convince the anecdote-obsessed Beltway pundit class, with its deep belief that “both sides do it,” no matter what “it” may be.
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