Sometimes, statistics are a beautiful thing:
One must hope, as 2014 looms in the distance, that voters' memories of the government shutdown do not fade into oblivion once they step into the polls.
For if the memory of how Ted Cruz and his Tea Party compatriots damaged the U.S. for the sake of a political tantrum remains, then perhaps something good will come out of an incredibly dark political moment.
The dissipation of Republican extremism's reach amongst our elected officials.
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David Harris-Gershon is author of the memoir What Do You Buy the Children of the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife?, just out from Oneworld Publications.