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Thu Apr 2, 2020, 05:39 PM Apr 2020

The Real Source of Washington Gridlock

The Real Source of Washington Gridlock

April 2, 2020 at 3:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 135 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/02/the-real-source-of-washington-gridlock/

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Adam Serwer: “Should Joe Biden defeat Trump in November, he will likely face the challenge of helping the nation recover from another economic catastrophe against similarly implacable GOP opposition. The Republican Party will rediscover its concern for debt once there is no longer a Republican in the White House. The more ideologically diverse Democratic caucus will be vulnerable to splintering and half measures.”

“The crucial obstacle to necessary intervention under such circumstances will not be traditional divides over the role of the state or the size of government. It will be, as it has been for more than a decade, the Republican belief that no one else should be allowed to wield power.”


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