Yes. However, Republicans are neither.They are lying about death squads, openly admitting they won't support any health reform, and quietly hoping the defeat they want to deal President Obama will be his "Waterloo." They are drawing Hitler mustaches on President Obama's picture and strapping on assault rifles outside the President's speaking engagements.

So regretfully, all meaningful debate must be confined to the Democratic Party. If Republicans want a bipartisan bill, they should be cordially invited to vote for the compromise that 60 Senate Democrats reach with one another.

Just because it's legal to sport an assault rifle outside the hall where President Obama is speaking, doesn't make the guy who did it any less of a self centered, reckless fool.

Responsible gun owners hunt in sparsely populated wilderness areas. They hone their shooting skills at ranges specifically designed to prevent injury to others. They most definitely do not willingly endanger hundreds of people in crowded urban settings, for the sake of calling attention to themselves and their big guns.