Republicans

Paul Krugman: The monster the wealthy created has turned on its creators.

Bill Moyers shares his own thoughts on the shutdown, and the resulting sabotage of democracy.

As Republicans consider another

Poverty rates have not gone down and hunger in our country may be at its highest levels since the Great Depression.

This month's battles over the budget and the Tea Party Republicans' fanaticism about the health care law obscure the two parties' common commitment to austerity.

The GOP's trying to solve the problem it has created for itself by offering the administration something they both seem to want: Social Security cuts, and perhaps benefit reductions …

Republicans in Congress are like a dog that chases cars and finally catches one. There is a fleeting sense of accomplishment, followed by sheer panic.

The GOP's federal shutdown is on the verge of becoming the most fiscally irresponsible gesture in modern political history.

William Rivers Pitt: The crazy will elect the crazy every single time; that's why the government is shut down, and a disastrous default looms, in case you were wondering.

To paraphrase Margaret Thatcher, there is no such thing as the Tea Party. There is only a collection of individual billionaires.