Finally Someone with a 2x4

There is the old story about the farmer and a mule. A man sees the farmer grab a 2x4 and whack the mule across the head. Questioning the farmer as to why he thought it was necessary to hit the mule in such a way the farmer replies. "Oh the mule is plenty smart but first you have to get his attention."

I guess someone finally got out the 2x4 because the Dems seem to have finally figured out that the Republicans just aren't going to cooperate:

“The Republican leadership,” Mr. Emanuel said, “has made a strategic decision that defeating President Obama’s health care proposal is more important for their political goals than solving the health insurance problems that Americans face every day.”

About freaking time? I can't believe it has taken this long for the Democrats to figure out that they are wasting their time. The GOP leadership has said over and over that this is a strategic decision on their part and hope to use the failure of any health care reform to take out Obama or to use their phrasing "make it his Waterloo".

Now we just have to figure out if the President is Wellington or Napoleon.