This is a tough diagnosis, but it’s better for the patient to hear the news early rather than late. There is still enough time to cure Congress: not much, but enough.

This is what waking up to uncomfortable reality looks like, ready to work. Jim Cooper explains the deterioration of Congress and offers some next steps such as paying members on commission to cut spending or to repeal obsolete laws. This is not a must read, it is a must do. It won't be as easy as a magician's to do list,

but none of it is impossible.