Please understand that I am not blaming one side more than the other. It's just that this incident epitomizes the poisonous atmosphere between Republicans and Democrats in Congress. How are we supposed to get anything done when this is the level of civility? Supposedly we averted the fiscal cliff with the last minute votes this week. In fact all that happened was the problems were kicked down the road. There are at least three more negotiations coming up in the next few months. Maybe it's just me but I expect them to be acrimonious ;-(
