Dear Lord These People

Fair and balanced...

I'm nitpicking here, I'm sure, but the Pravda on the Potomac (aka Politico) just said that Obama may have made negotiations difficult by giving a "partisan" speech.  Interesting turn of phrase, since that was exactly how Boehner, Cantor and Ryan described it - partisan, political, so on.

Look, if Obama's speech, in which he laid out a clear vision of what the social contract of this country is and then points out exactly how he disagrees with the GOP and what he would do to balance the budget is "partisan" then so is the GOP's "serious" budget proposal.

The parties are ideologically opposed.  I think we all understand that (well, I sometimes wonder if Obama really understands that or if he believes all that bipartisan who-haw he spouts).  Any in depth discussion of an issue is bound to lead to disagreements.

It is clear that the GOP has no interest in negotiating with the party that holds the Senate and the White House.  Boehner and Cantor have both declared the plan DOA.

And it's Obama that's being partisan?