The current lack of bi-partisan cooperation in part reflects a polarity of ideas, but also a distressing amount of \u201cboys and girls behaving badly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The current gap between the parties is reflected in part by the recalcitrance of Republicans to accept ideas of President Barack Obama, even when they agree with them coupled with President Obama\u2019s \u201cenabling behavior.\u201d\u00a0 Continually he goes back to the well, reaching across the aisle for cooperation, and repeatedly being rejected, even humiliated.\u00a0 Common wisdom is if you\u2019re being \u201cgamed,\u201d the wise thing to do is quit the game or find another one to play.\u00a0 Republicans clearly do not want to give President Obama credit for anything, even if it\u2019s consistent with their agenda and the president continues to be \u201ccommunity organizer in chief,\u201d trying to answer Rodney King\u2019s question, \u201cPeople, can\u2019t we all get together?\u201d<\/p>\n

It may be that the best way for us to break the decades-long grid in which we\u2019re locked is to try new strategies to address the idea gap between the parties and the childish behavior reflective in both.<\/p>\n

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