THE GOP NEGOTIATING STYLE

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/26/top-white-house-aide-gop-acting-like-someone-with-a-bomb-strapped-to-their-chest/?wprss=rss_politics&clsrd 
"What we're not for is negotiating with people with a bomb strapped to
their chest," senior White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer said on CNN.
"We're not going to do that."

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