Maybe they would cooperate better if you hit them with a few poles.

And in the House and Senate would have provided the poll you're hoping for, but nope!

I say let them go on as if they had leverage. Nothing improves our position quite like Republican ignorance of their own weakness.

I just don't think you can beat the "stupid" off of these dorks with a pole.

You'll need something with more heft...like a Buick.

would probably resent that.

...STAND YER' GROUND, REPUGS,...STAND YER' GROUND!!!!

PLEASE, stand your ground until the general public FINALLY sees who you REALLY represent in Washington and decides to send you and your party to the dust-bin of history.

Go ahead, make our day!

And my fingers crossed. I don't think Social Security and Medicare can survive the kind of "compromise" that even some Democrats are advocating. And I'm sure their recipients won't survive very well.

what would be the "conventional wisdom" as to what would be considered "progress" in the Fiscal Bluff talks.

I guess 70% of (D)s don't know what's in their own best interest or that we just won an election. Well either that, or it's an NBC/WSJ poll.

this is interesting, coming from the same organization's editorial board that advocated Republican's not to fold, if Obama doesn't give significant cuts in entitlements. Just who are their subscribers,and didn't Krystol just crticize them before that Poll? It is interesting they came out with a Poll supporting their views.

Did that polling question ask what kind of a compromise Democrats wanted? Everyone says they want compromise, but to the Republicans that means the President caves on cutting entitlements to the bone. I seriously doubt if that is what many Democrats mean by "compromise."

and nothing will. They'll just dig in harder and deeper.

They're posturing for the 2014 midterms already

If Boehner caves, he'll lose the Speakership to a Tea Pottier.

If Boehner stands pat, he'll lose in the polls, and get 2/3 of the
blame for going over the Fiscal Cliff.

If the economy improves just a wee bit and steadily, 2014 will see
Democrats gain 25 seats in the House.

But first, the Tea Party radicals will be allowed to make a display of
themselves.

And the GOP will try to blend all their inconsistent ideas into
a consensus that is appealing to the mainstream.

And the GOP will fail.

I marvel at the divided government the Founding Fathers
gave us. They really did study history, they knew human
nature, they had fled religious and political dictatorships.
Their system is still working.

Now if we could just get some relief at the polls on the
state level.

President Obama is clearly winning this one big time. Even Republicans support raising taxes on the wealthiest of Americans, and by a majority of sixty percent! All that is left to see is how many top Republicans, such as Representative Cantor, are so deeply in the pockets of the Koch brothers that they would rather be defeated in 2014 than displease their masters.

This is going to be a very merry Holiday Season for liberals.