The Republicans do this again and again. They get before the mics and they argue with the president. The public is so sick of hearing them argue with the president. Obama gets before the mics and he gets the whole country behind him. They're playing two different games. I mean, it may be true the Republicans already passed a couple of bills. You'd have to ask why they choose the techniques they do. But, you know, you can understand their frustration and anger. They say we already passed two bills. That was in the last Congress. I mean, the public, their eyes just glaze over when they hear all this legislative back and forth. The Republicans should kind of harness the information that they can out of the polls, showing the public is interested in debt reduction. They need to get the public behind them using things like Senator Tom Coburn's waste book to illustrate places where the government has duplicative or wasteful spending. Instead they get in front of the mics and, when they have their camera time, they sit there and argue over whose bill came up first and arguing with the president.

-Susan Ferrechio