Krugman: Fiscal cliff 'has finally laid bare the con ... of the G.O.P.'s political strategy'

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9. Does this surprise you?

Think about this. Only ONE Party in this country really feels that the business of GOVERNING falls under their purvue, only ONE Party in this nation actually believes in the usefullness of Governing in the first place. In those terms, OF COURSE the GOP expects us to do at least some (if not ALL) of their "half" of governing, cutting deals/making compromises , etc, FOR THEM, as they have disabused themselves of the idea that they have to KNOW how to do these things for themselves. They have so bought into the idea that WE will do that work FOR them, that the GOP is simply a hollow shell of a Governing Party, and The President refusing to do their half of this work FOR them, does indeed expose that emptiness to the Public. They're not angry or upset that a deal has to be cut, or that they lost a Presidential Election, they are TERRIFIED of the idea that they DON'T KNOW how to GOVERN anymore, and we won't cover their ass anymore and that the Public will see this truth for what is really is.