Power politics 101

This is all "talk" from both sides for the public and to calm each of their respective bases, a deal will be reached by the end of the year. I used to work on Capitol Hill and they do this all the time, they act all pissed and take up their respective positions to the public, but in private they all order boxes of pizza behind the scenes and hammer out a deal. There is no election coming up so I am very optimistic soemthing will get done.

A deal WILL get done, especially in light of CBO saying the country will fall back into recession and unemployment above 9% if it's not.