Congress has lost its mind...

[glatt]

There was an intelligent and thoughtful conservative on NPR the other day. He was saying that the problem with the Republican party was that they went to all this effort to get their base all riled up about the horrible Democrats. That anger worked out well for them because it made them stronger. But it backfired when it came time to negotiate with the Democrats, because even if they wanted to make a deal with the Democrats on the budget, this big machine of anger was steamrolling right behind them and wouldn't allow them to make a deal. Because those Democrats are evil, and you can't negotiate with evil.

So you can't let loose the dogs of war, and then hope to get them back on the leash when it's convenient.