Andrew Samwick ponders The Ancestral Party

On days like this, I wonder if I’m still a Republican.

I gave up on the Party long ago; I gave up hope when a (very) distant relative wrote an op-ed for the NYT on why he would not support impeachment in 1998, and was attacked by the party for the next few years, before he chose not to run for re-election in 2004. But if this is really the platform of a Republican Presidential candidate:

1. Energy Independence.
2. Tax Reform.
3. Border Security.
4. Life.
5. Defending Marriage.

then I’m around to agreeing with Brad DeLong: Shut it down. See if you can build something sane.