Why we all can't just get along?
Something has been bothering me for the past several weeks as the lame duck session of Congress played out. I couldn't quite put my finger on it until I was watching some of the Sunday morning interview shows. As the pundits were punditing about gridlock and conflict, the guests from the left blamed the right for blocking everything with threats of filibusters and the guests from the right accused the left of ramming legislation through the process without any input or consideration of their point of view. You know what? They were all correct! But why? And why now? That's what had been bugging me, then the answer hit me like a two ton heavy thing . It is the stakes... they are too high. Most of what Congress has been/is still fighting about during the 111th is very substantial and will have a big impact on the future. Plus, the number of dollars in play is mind boggling and there is little hope of abatement in the near term. On Meet The Press was Cory Booker , mayor of Newark