"If I've Lost Cronkite, I've Lost America"

And if you've lost David Brooks and Roger Cohen, you've lost the Conventional Wisdom Brigade.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/07/05/tuesday-morning-open-thread-5/

Brooks and Cohen both come to the conclusion that many sane people reached in 2009 and 2010.  The GOP has gone insane.  Cohen calls it a "cult".  They have abandoned reason for Norquist's "pledge".  They have decided that forcing a Second Great Depression on us is a political win.  They think - as John McCain said - that "Americans don't want compromise".

In a just world, we could find a way to punish the GOP for their idolatry before the altar of Fake Reagan without cratering the global economy.

We do not live in a just world.