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Van sounds like Paul Krugman in the NYT today. H/T WSJ blog:

Paul Krugman at the New York Times writes that the country is at “the edge of disaster,”  fumes that Republicans “have, in effect, taken America hostage,” blasts Democrats for not fighting back and takes a hard swat at the media for good measure.

America held hostage. What does he call no budget for 800+ days, Democrats spending like a hooker in a crack factory, STARTING A HUGE new entitlement and then disemboweling Medicare to do it?
Apparently that was ok.