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As they were in that moment, in december 1999, when they voted to impeach president clinton. i mean, nothing could compare to -- december 1998, sorry. nothing could compare to the plunge in the polls they took there in december 1998, right? nothing could compare to how bad that was, until now. now they are even worse than they were then. americans disliking the republican party right now more than they ever have in modern history. and maybe this avalanche of seriously bad news for the republican party explains more than anything else why we may have started to see the very beginning of the beg...

Forward as a way out of this political crisis make any sense as policy, regardless of the politics, is the great ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst, editor of wonk blog for "the washington post." ezra, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> so on the debt ceiling thing, the market went through the roof today on excitement that the debt ceiling catastrophe might be averted. then we found out, well, it's not a done deal yet, and it would only be for six weeks. was the market right to be so hap happy? >> the market -- i think they were, actually. i think the fundamental thing the ...

20 years, republicans have really never been as unpopular as they were in that moment, in december 1999, when they voted to impeach president clinton. i mean, nothing could compare to -- december 1998, sorry. nothing could compare to the plunge in the polls they took there in december 1998, right? nothing could compare to how bad that was, until now. now they are even worse than they were then. americans disliking the republican party right now more than they ever have in modern history. and maybe this avalanche of seriously bad news for the republican party explains more than anything else wh...

Klein, editor of the wonk blog for "the washington post for "the washington post," thanks very much for being here. >> good evening. >> so has senator paul found a magic way of not raising the debt ceiling and that not being a real bad idea. >> you said, unless you give me what i want, i will burn down the studio, and i said, that's a bad idea. and i said, while it's burning down, i'll run in and grab all the things of value amidst the chaos, so that will all be fine. that's basically the theory that he's come up with here. if you default on the debt, the government has a payment system, right...