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Republicans Are Fiddling While Their White House Burns
Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell need a functional White House to advance their agenda. Why won't they fight for one?
The hour is late for this young administration.
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Losing a national security adviser to scandal within the first month of a new presidency, with Michael Flynn resigning late Monday, isn't just unprecedented; it's one of those events that would have Spock telling Kirk that the readings are off the charts and make no sense.
Which is also the case with Donald Trump's approval ratings -- they're not just the worst ever at this point, but in territory that's unimaginable had any previous major party nominee won election. Barry Goldwater, George McGovern, Walter Mondale -- odds are that had some weird fluke happened and they had won, they would still have been doing much better by that measure than Trump.