Why we hate politics

"PRESIDENT OBAMA hosted budget talks at the White House this morning, and by all accounts, they went nowhere ... For what it's worth, the president repeatedly referred this afternoon to a specific, relevant point -- the spending cuts he's prepared to accept are just as big as those originally proposed by the House Republican leadership. It's challenging, if not outright silly, for the GOP to argue that the scope of the budget cuts is simply too small when the party's own leaders are already on record asking for the White House is now offering. But reason, propriety, and common sense obviously have no role in this debate whatsoever." (Washington Monthly, "Boehner moves the goalposts")