It's What They Get for Listening to Hannity, Addendum

And here's the key point, folks. If these damned Republicans had simply started these budget negotiations from where they presently are (i.e., eliminating those special carve-outs, getting rid of the medical device tax, etc.), they probably would have been able to pick off a fair number of moderate Dems like Manchin (who I'm really starting to like a lot), Warner, Pryor, McCaskill, etc. and maybe something constructive would have eventually happened (i.e., a sensical piece of legislation that Obama would have been forced to sign for fear of looking like an asshole). But NOOOOOOOOOOOO, they had to play hardball and let this lunatic, Cruz, call the shots. Unbefrigginglievable.