{"id":2090,"date":"2014-07-01T16:40:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T16:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2014-07-01T16:40:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T16:40:15","slug":"what-broke-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=2090","title":{"rendered":"What broke Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/what-broke-washington\/2014\/05\/23\/57e67ba2-e033-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/rf\/image_2048w\/2010-2019\/WashingtonPost\/2014\/05\/02\/Editorial-Opinion\/Graphics\/darkow05032014.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/what-broke-washington\/2014\/05\/23\/57e67ba2-e033-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html\\'&gt;What broke Washington&lt;\/a&gt;It\\'s time to stop taking Washington seriously. How likely is it that Congress will deal with unsustainable deficits, climate change, decrepit infrastructure, unaffordable health care, muddled immigration policy, obsolete laws, unmanageable civil service, rigged electoral districts\\u2009.\\u2009.\\u2009.\\u2009? The list of failures of our democratic government is getting long. Responsible reform seems hopeless.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fwhat-broke-washington%2F2014%2F05%2F23%2F57e67ba2-e033-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Washingtonpost&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/rf\/image_2048w\/2010-2019\/WashingtonPost\/2014\/05\/02\/Editorial-Opinion\/Graphics\/darkow05032014.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" \/><a class='embedly-title' target='_blank' href='http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/what-broke-washington\/2014\/05\/23\/57e67ba2-e033-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html'>What broke Washington<\/a>It&#8217;s time to stop taking Washington seriously. How likely is it that Congress will deal with unsustainable deficits, climate change, decrepit infrastructure, unaffordable health care, muddled immigration policy, obsolete laws, unmanageable civil service, rigged electoral districts\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009? The list of failures of our democratic government is getting long. Responsible reform seems hopeless.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fwhat-broke-washington%2F2014%2F05%2F23%2F57e67ba2-e033-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/m.washingtonpost.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Washingtonpost<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What broke WashingtonIt&#8217;s time to stop taking Washington seriously. How likely is it that Congress will deal with unsustainable deficits, climate change, decrepit infrastructure, unaffordable health care, muddled immigration policy, obsolete laws, unmanageable civil service, rigged electoral districts\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009? 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