It would be better to get the funding kept in the "stimulus package" in order to scuttle whatever corrupt bargain they've made.
Some people talk about the need for a 3rd party. Seems excessive to me. I’d settle for a 2nd party.
Since they’ve been making such a big deal out of this in the press for the last few days, I have to believe that this is a phony PR stunt by the democrats to demonstrate BO’s ‘bi-partisanship’. Peanuts inflated to look like something important.
If the GOP can’t get substantial concessions like a massive corporate tax cut, then they ought to oppose the whole thing. Let the ‘Rats take the spotlight when it passes and the blame when it fails.