right in that they want to watch their tone. republicans don t want to be calling for impeachment right now. it perhaps is a bit too far and extreme. however, what i think is going to be interesting to watch is over the next couple of weeks, if they are able to link this irs scandal to their longer narrative about obamacare, already we re seeing reports that the irs will, in fact, be part of implementing a controversial obamacare. it s going to be interesting to see how that plays out. former republican bob dole was on fox this morning. he said his own party was not in great shape. this is some advice that he had for republicans. i think they ought to put a sign on the national committee doors that says, closed for repairs. closed for repairs. 89-year-old bob dole there, we should note, talking about the hyperpolarization that members of the gop are displaying right now in his opinion. who in the republican party, benny, is working on remedying that right now?
online. much bigger than what anyone believes is feasible. those forcing events. if we have the congress of 30 years ago, that confluence would virtually guarantee a big deal. now given the hyperpolarization three huge events. leverage over members of congress that don t want to move. and the expiration of the bush ta tax cuts. this is a historical the trifecta, a historic opportunity for people in washington to go back to their district and say i hated doing what i had to do. but had to do it. it had to be done. but can in this climate, can they do that? even in march of 13 when you re the farthest out, you know, there are two windows for presidents, right? you get about nine months on the front end and 12 months on the
to either party because neither party tends to have a good handle on dealing with the core issue of fraud, special interests and government functi functionality. trust in all of our institutions is at record lows right now. only small business officials really get high marks, but everybody else gets low marks. two out of five voters say they are angry today. another third of voters say that they re disappointed today. we can look at the type of polarization as just that. hyperpolarization, or as e quill ib rum to get problem solving and consensus building. they re not given any direction