Peter Beinart is a hardcore leftist but at least he understands the idea that in a negotiation you start off asking for more than you are willing to settle for. Too bad people like Michael Medved, John Podhoretz, Jonah Goldberg, Charles Krauthammer and most of the Republicans in the United States Senate don’t understand that basic principle of negotiation.
Agreed. Play hardball and when you hit them with a softball they think they’ve won. They completely forget about not getting hit by any kind of ball at all. LOL!