1.Denial – “I feel fine.”; “This can’t be happening, not to me.”
2.Anger – “Why me? It’s not fair!”; “How can this happen to me?”; “Who is to blame?”
3.Bargaining – “Just let me live to see my children graduate.”; “I’ll do anything for a few more years.”; “I will give my life savings if...”
4.Depression – “I’m so sad, why bother with anything?”; “I’m going to die... What’s the point?”; “I miss my loved one, why go on?”
5.Acceptance – “It’s going to be okay.”; “I can’t fight it, I may as well prepare for it.”
Good analysis. My guess is that this week the Dems move to bargaining: “Just give us another chance. We got the message. Honest we did.”