'Cranks and Crazies' Have Taken over GOP, US: Australian Official

Providing an outside perspective on American politics today, the Australian treasurer, Wayne Swan, said "cranks and crazies" had taken over the GOP. "Let’s be blunt and acknowledge the biggest threat to the world’s biggest economy are the cranks and crazies that have taken over a part of the Republican Party," Swan said in a speech to a conference in Sydney.

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