Partisan Politics - Fiddling While Rome Burns

It's political-grandstanding-as-usual in Washington.  My grandmother's phrase for this was "just talking to hear your teeth rattle."  When issues facing all of us in this country are so complex, why can't our elected officials work together for positive solutions?  That's a rhetorical question, I know.

Here's a link to an AP story about confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor:  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_senate

(ag) July 13, 2009, in Economy, Supreme Court