James Fallows on 'problematic self-government'

James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, said we have two "examples of problematic self-government" upon us: the government shutdown and the possibility that Congress won't raise the debt ceiling:

This time, the fight that matters is within the Republican party, and that fight is over whether compromise itself is legitimate. Outsiders to this struggle — the president and his administration, Democratic legislators as a group, voters or "opinion leaders" outside the generally safe districts that elected the new House majority — have essentially no leverage over the outcome.

Fallows joins The Daily Circuit to discuss the current state of Congress, which he calls "radical, and dangerous for the economy and our process of government."