Lawrence O'Donnell was odd tonight on his show. Besides screaming at Alan Greyson in order to eliminate an alternate point of view, he patronized as well--to people against the Obama compromise and to Velma, in order to advance HIS point of view.
For example, L.O:Do you think that when two parties negotiate in Congress, either side gets entirely what they want or do both sides have to compromise?
Wow. Deep.
How about this answer: When two parties negotiate in Congress during a time of great deficits, advancing the estate tax floor to 5 million might be enough for one side to give, rather than also lowering the estate tax rate to 35%, et al.