[Madame Dufarge]

As he did so, he mocked the unpopular Congress, his frequent foil, saying he'd made the list brief and easy, so it wouldn't take much reading.

What a political genius - where do we find such men? /s

Yep, no better way to encourage compromise than to begin by implying that your opponents are essentially booger-eating morons.

[tobyhill]

That's why Boehner and McConnell need to get in front of the cameras and tell the American people that “we tried it Obama’s way and all he did was spend taxpayer's money for no results and now he wants a second bite at the apple. We'll meet with him but we don't expect Obama to change his ways”.