The bad guys are defeated
Don’t know what punch delivered
The knockout, the eyes dead
Out on their feet
Was it their poll numbers still falling
Was it the joint letter
From sworn enemies agreeing
On just this one thing
AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce
Raise the ceiling, open the government
But I saw it in their eyes
Heard it in their voices
Yesterday when I was on Fox News
The host desperately wanting me
To say something, anything
That they could use to lift the fight,
The spirit in their defeated troops
Stuart Varney toned down
Not willing to fight, giving up
On our usual verbal jousting mud bath
Or he and Rick Santorum
Admitting Senate right-wingers
Are missing in action and agreeing
They’ve nothing to show for their
Gamble with America and failure
To force this president to negotiate
With terrorists in tailored suits
And perfectly coiffed hair that never moves
Now practically pleading for anything
To salvage even the smallest crumb
From their attack on government,
Healthcare, poor and hungry children,
Workers not getting paid
Surely wage theft at the highest level.