"troglodytic..."

That ain't the way to win friends and influence people. In fact it sounds remarkably like what GWB used to do--demonize the opposition.

Obama is smarter than that--and smarter than the true believers on the Left urging that self-defeating posture.

As I said, the House is vastly different from the Senate.   Compromise is coming.   And the final bill may well get House Republican votes--as long as Obama doesn't take the advice coming from the Left on Mudcat on this thread and others.

You guys should listen to the Stones more often--specifically "You Can't Always Get What You Want".