I feel like back when the Clinton administration was able to work with the republican congress, the nation ran better, and the budget was at a surplus if you remember. These Tea Party assholes have dragged the GOP so far to the RIGHT of right, that the idea of working with the sitting president is less palatable to them than actually balancing the budget, allowing the Bush Era unfunded tax cuts to lapse, ending the two unfunded wars we are actively embroiled in, and real welfare reform. I'd rather vote Libertarian than vote republican this year.