It seems inconceivable. Republican leaders in Washington and elsewhere do not get how dangerous the fire they are playing with is. On almost every front – ranging from the disaster of the fiscal cliff to the submarining of President Obama’s governmental nominations to the prosecution of Benghazi to control of dangerous weaponry that kill kids to contraception to defending millionaires’ tax bills – Republicans are the ancien régime before its collapse in France.
It is one thing to not understand that the country no longer agrees with their positions on everything from taxes to gay rights to woman’s choice to climate change. It is quite another thing to not realize that the country is ready to move on. For Republicans, the latter is the more dangerous. Since the country knows what it believes and thinks, when it decides to move on, it will and start leaving the past behind – and it has.