Something to learn from Tea Party
The Republicans in the US Congress seem set to take the US budget deficit up to the wire on 17 October. And possibly beyond, to the point where the US government not only sends workers home unpaid, but fails to pay its bills. If president Obama and the Democrats campaigned boldly for the principle of universal health insurance — which is what the Republicans want to destroy — then the Republicans could not get away with it. Or even if the Democrats were bold about using unusual financial expedients. But the chief political lesson is on how politicians who are militant and determined can use...