explode the world economic order. do the leaders of the republican party intend to go this far? do they dare to sabotage the american economy and much of the world economy in order to defund a program, the affordable care act that is the law of the land? will they go to this drastic extreme to intimidate the u.s. congress or the president or both? and if so, is this the extreme case where ideological zealotry trumps even the most preliminarial loyalty to the common national interests where anything goes, where the ends justify whatever means there are to be had no matter how menaces to the country or the world. john feehery is a republican strategist, alex wagner the host of "now" weekdays at noon eastern. alex, a number of news sources out tonight. one of them is the national review, a conservative organization, and the washington examiner which is a bit to the right of that with new stories saying the people on the republican right are planning to step back from a government shutdown in september but the to