"Hastert is already feeling the pressure because of Boeing...."
This port deal had bad timing, whether you are for it, or against it. The repubs are against because of midterms elections, and the possibility of dems taking control. Thus slanted iraqi war hearings/impeachment proceedings. Have the deal come after the elections, look it over closely, get everyone's questions answered, make sure no former federal official is making big bucks, and then see where everything falls out.
I think that's the most rational thing I've heard throughout this whole thing!