Exactly, strings... A very narrow view and one from which they "proclaim" is not negotiable... Reminds me of Isreal's pre-conditions before they will negotiate... Hey, we ain't gonna fix nuthin' until the Repubs get it that "it ain't all about them"... They make up, what??? 25% of the poulation??? Yet they act as if they are 100% of the population... That's some very rigid thinking... You know, like the Taliban...

BTW, I don't know of any progressives who aren't willing to sit down and say, "Let's put all the cards on the table and go from there" but this cares the Hell out of the Repubs and the right because it's going to mean they are going to have to, ahhhhh, think!!! HORRORS, NO!!! We don't wnat to think!!! We don't know how to think!!! Please don't ask us to think!!!

B~