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A Tea Party member reaches for a pamphlet titled "The Impact of Obamacare", at a "Food for Free Minds Tea Party Rally" in Littleton, New Hampshire in this October 27, 2012. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters) — Health Care Reform

GOP faces health care challenge it's...

By Steve Benen, The Rachel Maddow Show

If Republicans kill the ACA at the Supreme Court, they will immediately have a dog-that-catches-the-car problem -- with absolutely no idea what to do next.

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A man runs through a closed National Mall in Washington, DC, Oct 3, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

GOP sees a shutdown as a consequence-free...

Rachel Maddow

House GOP struggles with diversity

A barrier sits near the Washington Monument October 5, 2013, as the government shutdown continues into the weekend. — Rachel Maddow

While right pushes for shutdown, GOP...

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) arrives for a news conference after the weekly House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 18, 2014 in Washington, DC.

Boehner lawyers up

Speaker of the House John Boehner looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama meets with bipartisian congressional leadership in the Old Family Dining Room at the White House on Nov. 7, 2014 in Washington, DC. — Rachel Maddow

Boehner may expand anti-Obama lawsuit...

A man runs through a closed National Mall in Washington, DC, Oct 3, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

One week after the elections, GOP...

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) speaks at a polling station in Eleanor McMain Secondary School in New Orleans, Nov. 4, 2014. (Photo by William Widmer/The New York Times/Redux)

Runoff candidates push Keystone votes

A man jogs past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

The challenge of governing in a party of...

President Barack Obama speaks during a bipartisan, bicameral congressional leadership luncheon at the White House in Washington DC on Nov. 7, 2014. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty) — Morning Joe

Pass the salt and the subsidies

The U.S. Capitol is pictured at dawn in Washington D.C. on Oct. 15, 2013. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA) — Rachel Maddow

Republican leader envisions 'a 100-year...

Rachel Maddow

A win? Yes. A mandate? No.

The afternoon sun hits the U.S. Capitol on the eve of the nation's mid-term elections, Nov. 3, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty) — Rachel Maddow

Voters reward radicalism as GOP scores...

AP Photo/Charles Dharapak — Rachel Maddow

Science Committee chair shrugs off...

A man jogs past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

For Senate GOP, 'Right Turn Ahead'

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — Rachel Maddow

GOP leader hopes to prove Republicans...

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the media during his weekly briefing at the US Capitol, September 11, 2014 in Washington, DC. — Rachel Maddow

The House GOP's crumbling anti-Obama lawsuit

A man jogs past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

'Just not many' jobs in the GOP jobs plan

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 24, 2014. — Rachel Maddow

Boehner's welcome candor: No GOP jobs plan

John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, Jeb Hensarling — Rachel Maddow

Running from, not on, a policy agenda

A man jogs past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

More 'knuckleheads' on their way to...

In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., speaks at the Capitol in Denver. — Rachel Maddow

Lamborn starts losing allies over...

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, watches President Barack Obama speak during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. — Rachel Maddow

House GOP's anti-Obama lawsuit already in...

Militant Islamist fighters parade on military vehicles along the streets of northern Raqqa province — Rachel Maddow

At the intersection of a political...

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Nice work if you can get it

A view of Capitol Hill Oct. 16, 2013 in Washington, D.C. — Rachel Maddow

This time, Obama gets what he wants from...

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) leaves after a press briefing on July 31, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. — Rachel Maddow

Boehner laments 'knuckleheads' within...

John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, Jeb Hensarling — Rachel Maddow

House GOP remains committed to a few good men

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp on Capitol Hill, Oct. 29, 2013. — Rachel Maddow

Dave Camp's short memory

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