Robert Menendez compares GOP to terrorists on tax talks By: Carrie Budoff Brown December 3, 2010 02:48 PM EST Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) on Friday compared the tax-cut fight with Republicans to negotiating with terrorists, while Sen. Claire McCaskill suggested Americans might need to “take up pitchforks" if Congress renews tax breaks for the wealthy. “Do you allow yourself to be held hostage and get something done for the sake of getting something done, when in fact it might be perverse in its ultimate results?” Menendez said, when asked whether he and other Democrats would compromise with Republicans. “It’s almost...