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It is important to understand the plot line in the tragedy called Washington politics before one can appreciate the play, or not.
When conservatives hold to their convictions about, say, sound economic policy, liberals in the media and in Congress label them "ideologues." Should they refuse to compromise their position when offered the chance to do so by liberal Democrats, they are then referred to as "fanatics" or in today's preferred pejorative word, "tea baggers."
And all of the drama can be set to the music of "Send in the Clowns" from Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music."...
Send In the Clowns