Thanks for ‘chiming’ in. Some of my remarks in this post were intended to point to what seems a historical tendency over at least the years I’ve been on the planet that all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over any situations described by the term ‘crisis’ are typically followed by some sort of conclusion with little or no improvement on the way we conduct ourselves as a nation.

The current situation will probably be no different. And so it goes.

it is reasonable to expect the performance of Congress and their approval rating from this point forward will mirror that of the 110th Congress or dismal.

We can only hope! The less Congress actually does, the happier I am, and I don’t care which party is in power. That attitude will change when Congress decides to start repealing the acts of prior Congresses on a wholesale basis.