three little pigs. i think it s vicious. let me ask jonathan, your thoughts. here s what i think is vicious. if you draw the line and say your party s going to vote in lockstep against everything the other side offers, you force the president s party, the democrats, to do everything party line themselves. they ve got to go over to left. if they re lucky, they can put a short of center left together, but mainly the left. then they can attack it, kill it. so, they basically cut it off and then kill it. that strategy, unfortunately, works with voters. i m not sure it works with good american history. your thoughts? well, look, in the 111th congress, that s what we saw happen with republicans. they said no. the elector rattle rewarded them with the majority in the senate. mitch mcconnell is the single most powerful member of congress. the biggest stick up here on capitol hill. that will continue into the next congress. when the president wanted to cut a deal on taxes, he put together