Does the lunatic fringe rule?

E.J. Dionne: Shutdown resolution has a lesson for moderates – The Washington Post

[A]s long as more middle-of-the-road conservatives hang back because they fear primary challenges, scoldings from Heritage Action or occasional insults from the talk-show barons, the Republican Party will remain in receivership.

Those who genuinely want a more moderate approach to politics must also reflect on what just happened.

E.J. Dionne: Shutdown resolution has a lesson for moderates – The Washington Post

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