This is Policy?

Every time a major political figure begins a supposedly earth-shaking policy speech, the opening sentence attacks the positions of the opposite side of the political aisle. Double-Speak rules the day. Neither side is serious. Both Democrats and Republicans continue to play to the galleries holding their base constituency while never actually challenging their real base - their corporate sponsors. Until Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehmer and Nancy Pelosi stand at the podium together and inform the American people that "this is the best solution we could forge together," I will continue to watch their antics with cynicism and disgust.