I thought it was a monkey grabbing an orange in a jar.

This is what you get when you have morons like Pelosi and Reid trying to deal with trillion dollar issues. Just how did such useless twits get into positions of power?

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Sorry, for a moment there I forgot about our POTUS.

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Well, if the bill does NOT pass, score one more point for democracy having preserved itself in the face of one more opponent – stupidity.

That is, I think a competently assembled bill would pass with bipartisan support. The problems are tough, but the current system is pretty terrible, and the bipartisan consensus for several changes has been there since the early 1990s, when Hillary’s hyperpartisanship first killed it. If only the Republicans had a few decent candidates and could sell their ideas. Saw Rep. Cantor on ABC yesterday – smart guy, but terrible presentation. Any way we can cross-breed him with Sarah Palin in time for the next election cycle?