Leadership doing what their donors tell them to do. It's oligarchy.

So now that we’ve given up the only leverage we had, against the will of the voters, we’ll see if the GOP will maybe think about the possibility of a vote on the concept. Ugh.

Exactly.
"They will come to the table"?
That _was_ the table, and they didn't come.
I'm thinking they can't actually be this dumb. I'm thinking it's probably just corruption.

I heard from my cat that she is willing to consider never throwing up on a rug again. So now we'll see if she's really gonna work with me.

I’ve heard from the rabbit in my back yard who loves my young plantings, that it’s willing to consider leaving them alone so they can grow. I’m waiting to see if working together ever materializes.

The Constitution says a senator must be at least 30 years old, so I can't understand how we have all these senators who were born yesterday.

Congressional Republicans have never found themselves in a serious predicament where Democrats weren't willing to ease the pain.

It never goes the other way.