GregSargent reminds us of the ghosts of GOP pronouncements past and present to illustrate the sheer disingenuousness of the Congressional Republicans planned intransigence.
Some may be crackpots, but the list includes Nobel laureates (Gary Becker, Robert Lucas, Thomas Sargent) as well as other highly esteemed researchers (Robert Barro, John Cochrane, Eugene Fama, Greg Mankiw).