Why G.O.P. Extremists Are a Danger to the Country

You think that your job and your workmates can be annoying? Put yourself in the socks of John Boehner, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Last night, according to an account at Politico, the G.O.P. leader was reduced to standing in front of the House Republican Conference, the members of which had just torpedoed his “Plan B” tax plan, and reciting a prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

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