I’m shocked that televising Conference Committees leads to grandstanding and bickering rather then real negotiation. No one could have predicted…
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BUT OBAMA PROMISED!
shorter BMT: “I prefer to have deals made behind closed door in smoke-filled rooms where no one can see when someone’s getting paid off.”
this is fun!
You think what they’re going to do in front of the camera is the actual deal making? That stuff happens no matter what we’ll do, brendan. This is just a waste of time with yet another one of Obama’s stupidest promises.
Think reality TV, only grandstanding instead of shitty acting.
how do you negotiate when one side just wants to knee cap the deal and a few members of the other are looking for an excuse to screw over their own team? Seems like a futile endeavor.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7891