The Nullification Chronicles Roll On - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic

John Calhoun- architect
of nullification

The Congress is finally moving ahead on a budget bill and a temporary extension of the payroll tax cut. End of obstructionism and modern "nullification"? Unfortunately no.

Greg Sargent of the Washington Post explains again why obstructionism creates public hostility to both Democrats and Republicans, but eventually makes sense as a pure-political strategy for the GOP since a failure to govern inevitably weakens the incumbent president most of all.

This is really the way to run a modern country.The Nullification Chronicles Roll On - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic:

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