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and how much they are just playing a part--a part that gives them a lot more power than if they were just normal Republicans, who lie about everything, screw working people, but are not insane. Having counterparts in negotiations think you are crazy (or a faction of your pary is crazy) provides a strategic advantage. Kissinger used this strategy in negotiations with North Vietnam, convincing them that Nixon was a loose cannon who might do anything if he did not get his way. The way that Obama negotiates with them suggets that he doesn't buy into their act completely (or why negotiate at all?). Maybe he is on to something.
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