"it's not easy to negotiate effectively when you have a congress that is run by a party who are so irresponsible they are willing to shut down the government and let children go hungry unless they get their way. It's hard to imagine that they will change their ways before 2014 when many of them are up for reelection. I just hope that between now and then the president and senate democrats manage to keep their worst excesses in check.
Come election time, I hope those who have been forced to shoulder the burden for the Republican party's fiscal recklessness make their pain felt at the ballot box."
