Gutz, to be correct, the Dems' *were* ready to compromise on entitlements, what they wouldn't compromise on was not having any new taxes as part of the plan.

There's an enormous difference between the party insisting that something is OFF the table (republicans) and the party insisting that *everything* has to be ON the table (dems).

This failure is a pox on all their (and our) houses, but I still believe what masquerades for a "conservative" party currently is an entirely unspooled echo chamber that boils all issues down to 3 word sound bites.