, Nobel prize winning economist and columnist for The New York Times, reacts to critics of President Barack Obama’s efforts to secure a bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games for his hometown of Chicago, Illinois.
So what did we learn from this moment? For one thing, we learned that the modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, has the emotional maturity of a bratty 13-year-old.
But more important, the episode illustrated an essential truth about the state of American politics: at this point, the guiding principle of one of our nation’s two great political parties is spite pure and simple. If Republicans think something might be good for the president, they’re against it — whether or not it’s good for America.
I’ve been noting Republicans’ “We’re against everything” strategy for a while.
Are you saying the conservative movement is much like “an unruly child?”