[Cadaverous Pallor]

The more I hear about this, the sadder I get....but that's always been the case when politics gets down to brass tacks. I just can't handle the compromises necessary to get things done, because then they will be done poorly.

I've been slowly shifting from the "optimistic" to the "warily optimistic" to the "just wary" crowd. There are ways to do this, and all of them involve gutting the current system. They are not willing to do that. Not good.