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Michael Tomasky of The American Prospect guts and fillets the Republicans on the presumption that they are "the party of competence".

TAP: Web Feature: Ineptitude Redefined. by Michael Tomasky. August 27, 2003. : "Well, guess what? They've demonstrated otherwise. No one -- no one -- can name a single front on which today's Republicans have shown even the simplest competence. They don't know how to manage an economy. They sure don't know how to balance a budget."