in the country's history. and the repercussions could explode the world economic order. do the leaders of the republican party tend to go this far? dare to sabotage the american economy and much of the world economy in order to defund a program, the affordable care act which is the law of the land? and will they go to this drastic extreme to intimidate the u.s. congress or the president or both? if so, is this the extreme case where ideologic zealotry trumps the most minimal loyalty to the common national interests where anything goes, where the ends justify whatever means there are to be had, no matter how menacing to the country or the world? alex wagner is the host of "now" weekdays on msnbc. we've got a number of news resources out tonight, the "washington examiner" which is a bit to that with new source stories saying the people on the republican right are planning to