I heard a great line in a nice little movie we watched last night. "Anger soaks up intelligence"
I could also add to that "Panic results in stupid actions" and "Failure to offer respect to others is not a path to opening communication"
And finally a basic rule of negotiation with parties you need something from: "Analyze what the other side wants, and where you can give on those points, so you can achieve as much as possible on your overall objectives"
We have a divided government and both sides need to walk away with something they can claim as a victory. I am not impressed with the way any leading politician in D.C. is behaving in 2013 despite my relief that we did find some revenue. We have not solved the problem sufficiently.
For those interested in the movie, it was from Netflix and called: Adoration
Check out Liberal Dana Milbank's column today in the Washington Post today. It is actually rather critical of Obama on the issue of civility.
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