[Cowboy Bob]

And he added that the partial shutdown of the government for the past two weeks was "completely unnecessary," and he blamed the use of "brinksmanship as a strategy time and time again to try to extract extreme or partisan concessions."

Declaring your opponents "jerks" on national TV, before the deal is done, is not the best negotiating tactic...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

They believe they ,...with the help of the media////own the high moral ground....cause people are being hurt.