[wiley]

To me this is good stuff. It destroys any illusion of bi-partisanship.

It also smacks of Soviet style single party government. Let’s see if Americans see it for what it is.

Truth is, the Dem majority is nearly veto proof, so why do they care if Reps play or not - except as a publicity stunt.

[acoulterfan]

They are shutting them out and after all this is said and done they will scream that they couldn’t get the Pubs to the conference, that they refused to show up.

[Allegra]

Truth is, the Dem majority is nearly veto proof, so why do they care if Reps play or not - except as a publicity stunt.

So that when it fails, the Republicans will share in the blame.

That's why they need to stay united against it - that way the Democrat Party OWNS that garbage.