Republicans are so out to lunch. I guess it's an example of the Overton Window in action. Obamacare is essentially what the Republicans were advocating in the 9

Republicans are so out to lunch. I guess it's an example of the Overton Window in action. Obamacare is essentially what the Republicans were advocating in the 90s. So now they feel like they have to stake out a position in opposition to it, which means they have to regroup in loony land. From the other side it demonstrates both the promise and the peril of triangulation. On the one hand you back your opponent into a corner. On the other hand, you end up making your opponent's proposal the new "consensus centralism" and force the public discourse so far in their direction that the "crazy extremist" position becomes the new rational opposition.