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The old saw about defining “insanity” seems appropriate.<\/p>\n

It’s when you keep doing the same thing and hoping for a different result.<\/p>\n

I believe some members of the congressional Republican caucus are certifiably nuts if they think shutting down the government is going to produce a positive result — for them!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2014\/11\/the-anxieties-of-the-gop-majority-113113.html?hp=b3_r2<\/p>\n

That’s the dilemma facing some GOP leaders as they ponder how to respond to President Obama’s executive order this past week on immigration.<\/p>\n

Some of them believe shutting down the government, which could happen when the money runs out on Dec. 11, is going to produce sufficient payback for the “imperial” and “monarchial” actions of “Emperor Obama.”<\/p>\n

Memo to the GOP: You have tried this before — and it blew up in your face!<\/p>\n

There’s nothing to suggest that this time will produce a different result for the Republican majority that’s about to take over the Senate and will control the House of Representatives with an even stronger hold than it had prior to the Nov. 4 mid-term election.<\/p>\n

House Speaker John Boehner doesn’t want a shutdown. Neither does incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. At least that’s what they’re saying. I believe them. They’ve both endured the agony of prior shutdowns before and they know how much Americans rely on government services to work for them. When they don’t work, then all hell breaks loose.<\/p>\n

I’m wondering if Republicans, so split among themselves about how to govern, are wondering if this majority they’ve achieved on Capitol Hill will be worth it if they cannot figure out how to find unity among themselves.<\/p>\n

Flash back a couple of generations to when the Democratic Party was split over how — or whether — to fight the Vietnam War. Their division cost them dearly through two presidential election cycles and gave rise to five Republican presidencies from\u00a01969 to 1993.<\/p>\n

There’s another\u00a0axiom worth repeating.<\/p>\n

It’s the one that warns that those who don’t learn from their mistakes are doomed to repeat them.<\/p>\n

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