Reply #2: You are right

[droidamus2]

The problem is that if the Mepublicans were working in good faith there would be other times that they would move in the Democrats direction on legislation. With the current crop of Mepublicans when you move from your position towards theirs they will just move further right and next time demand that you move in their direction. Like you said their only goal and agenda is to get absolutely everything they want. If watch the talking head shows (cut Dishnetwork due to money problems but used to watch) you will hear the Mepublicans stating things like 'well we got this and this but we will have to work harder next time to make sure we get the other things we wanted' while the Democrats will say things like (mostly to save face) 'we think this was a good compromise and look forward to working with the Mepublicans in the future'. A complete disconnect by the Democratic leadership as to what is really happening.