squl it sure looks that way at the moment. i say there's nothing hamming right now. she disz doesed at the top of the program, gu no progress was made. this is the way washington tends to work out. if they send a shock signal, prooms that will sheed things up. . >> it is joe biden who has helped broker these kienld of deals in the past. but he's at camp david this weekend. there's no ind kax joe biden is picking up the phone with anyone. you have the republicans blaming the president. welcome to the sdis functional washington. mark preston said that boehnics r might be ready to pass.