[CHARLITE]

".......all this bloviating is just pointless.",br>

Really, it's becoming absurd. I agree with you. The average American voter is probably already tuned out, and only some diehards remain to rant and rave about this impasse, but neither party is doing themselves much good. Both of them are earning a fatigued disrespect among voters. In a word, we are exasperated!

[Huck]

There's a hackneyed, somewhat rough old expression that applies to the GOP here:

$hit or get off the pot.