From a New York Times story by Jeremy W. Peters headlined “Republicans’ Internecine Conflict Is Mirrored in Conservative Media”:
William F. Buckley Jr., a founder of National Review, once famously described a conservative as “someone who stands athwart history, yelling ‘Stop!’ at a time when no one is inclined to do so.”
“Stop!” is what many commentators have been shouting this week in the once-mighty organs of conservative media like National Review, imploring Republicans to resolve the acrimonious infighting that has paralyzed the House of Representatives for three consecutive days.