“I've been crisscrossing the country for weeks trash talking the Republicans and beating to death my car-in-the-ditch metaphor, but now that I've gotten my butt kicked, can't we all just get along and be bipartisan?”
Or how about this:
"I've been crisscrossing the country for weeks trash talking the Republicans (calling them the enemy) and beating to death my car-in-the-ditch metaphor, but now that I've gotten my butt kicked, can I hitch a ride in your car-in-the-ravine-that-I-pushed-there-which-your-Republican-policies-will-soon-be-catapulting-out-of-this-ravine-so-I-can-get-some-credit-for-being-part-of-the-solution?"