The GOP Goes Off the Cliff - Jonathan Chait

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-30/jonathan-chait-the-gops-suicide-pact-on-the-ryan-budget/?cid=hp:mainpromo8

Another one of those “every once in a while” moments is happening again now as the party has put before the voters their plan to radically rewrite the social compact. The Paul Ryan budget received its first test run in a special election in a conservative upstate New York district, whose Republican share of the vote has veered between 52 percent in the worst years to nearly 74 percent in the best years. With the Ryan plan serving as the central issue of the campaign, the Democrats won a shocking upset.
The Republicans’ response? Hit the gas. There’s nothing but blue sky ahead!