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A morbid polarization -- P.M. Carpenter, Exclusively for BuzzFlash.com on February 9 That Washington is broken is clear enough. What frightens, however, is that increasingly it seems beyond repair. Dysfunction has become institutionalized, a morbid polarization has replaced mere opposition, and pure self-interest has subordinated and smothered the nation's overarching interests.