"I don't believe that either party has cornered the market on good ideas."
Present for the event to lend it some added gravitas: Al Sharpton. Conspicuously absent: Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Boehner, all of whom were cut out of The One’s negotiations with Senate Republicans. (McConnell, as you’ll see, is right there by Obama’s side.) Waiting off-camera in the briefing room to do damage control just in [...]