0 midnight madness, washington style. the american people are worried about their jobs. they re worried about their incomes rising. they re all under pressure. the ancient practice of sacrifice. i am psyched for obamacare! this law is not ready for prime time. free medicine, y all! house speaker john boehner ready to do at the 11th hour. senate decided not to work yesterday. boehner has handed the gavel over to cruz. harry reid has essentially told house of representatives and american people, go jump in a lake. how can you hold the entire federal government hostage? i don t think you hear responsible republican leaders advocating a shutdown. begging for america to fail. we are the party willing to compromise. that s like saying instead of chopping off both your arms, we ll chop off only one arm. i am at only open to but eager to negotiations. republican tactics. they re compromising because they re not for eliminating obamacare, but delaying it for