'Dysfunctional and Ineffective'

"A lot of people look at us as being dysfunctional and ineffective."  – House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

Why on Earth would Americans think that?  Maybe it's…

• The 151 Republicans who voted to shut down the government for the second time in three years;
• The leadership melodrama that looks more like reality TV than serious governing;
• The so-called "Select Committees" to waste taxpayer dollars on brazen political smear campaigns;
• The bullying of a woman professional at a hearing to assault women's health services;
• The intraparty bickering and elbow throwing;
• The obsessive and futile attacks on a law that's providing health security to millions;
• The refusal to re-authorize a Bank that is vital to American workers and businesses;

…just to name a few.

It's safe to say that a simple "change of rules" won't change America's perception of House Republicans.   The American people know that GOP dysfunction and ineffectiveness are real – because they pay the price for it every day.