Republicans in Congress: Lets Play Nice

I can't decide if this is pathetic or funny. I guess it depends what the Dems do. As always I hope they follow Athenea's advice: "kick 'em when they're down..."

UPDATE: I linked to this from Athenea's post and see the Democrats are not paying attention to the whining GOP- thank God.

House Democrats intend to pass a raft of popular measures as part of their well-publicized plan for the first 100 hours. They include tightening ethics rules for lawmakers, raising the minimum wage, allowing more research on stem cells and cutting interest rates on student loans.

But instead of allowing Republicans to fully participate in deliberations, as promised after the Democratic victory in the Nov. 7 midterm elections, Democrats now say they will use House rules to prevent the opposition from offering alternative measures, assuring speedy passage of the bills and allowing their party to trumpet early victories.

I never remember the Democrats promising that the Republicans could FULLY participate- I just remember them saying they would be "bipartisan". I could be wrong, but I sure never heard that.