keithrg13: You are one of the few that understand what's really going on. Kudos!

- Textbook two-party paradigm follies -
According to the Repubs/Democrats rubric, I am a bad guy for pointing out the two-party play house might be a grand canard perpetuated by our revolving lunatic leaders. Considering we have seen all this before (minus the current economic depression), we might be getting what we deserve with this perennial political construct, but I would be a wrong dude for mentioning it.
Like the little old drunk man in the cafe in the movie "The Birds" said, "We're all doomed." Everyone of course ignored him (just before the birds began to feast on the towns' people.
Just on the possibility Rebubs/Democrats continue to grind us working schleps into the dirt on into the unforeseeable future, I have already got my shanty town plot staked out.
Bob Keith
cooldadiomedia.com

This sounds awfully similar to Washington, DC.

Captain Renault: "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!"

Look, I don't care if the Republicans want to continue as the minority party. I applaud these bold stabs at irrelevancy.

I've heard that Sheridan approached Fitzgerald about working together early on in the new session and was rebuffed. Since then, however, the Dems, drunk with power, have been jamming all their pet projects down everyone's throats. So basically, both sides are to blame.

In truth their only concern is their re-election campaign.

We elected them and they should be working for us not the Dem or Rep party. At election time they can claim, and they do, anything they want but once they are elected, they need to get their act together and work for the PEOPLE OF Wisconsin. They waste too much time squabbling and not enough time accomplishing. Remember, 2010 is just around the corner and if they want to keep their job they better start doing something productive.

"Meanwhile, Doyle and other Democrats say they're willing to listen to good ideas from Republicans, but they haven't heard any yet."

That's only because the GOP has ideas about LESS spending/government & other things that go against the Democrat ideas

Is anyone surprised?

What a great time to be in the opposition party!
All you have to do is oppose everything, and let the party in control be left holding the bag when the economy suffers the biggest economic collapse ever seen. Only reason you hear calls for "bi-partisanship" is entirely for that reason. They see the numbers. They know it's all a house of cards, and don't want to be the ones left fully responsible for the total collapse which is all but a inevitable.