Huffington Magazine Issue 66 | Page 13

EDWARD M. PIO RODA/CNN (C) 2013 CABLE NEWS NETWORK. A TIME WARNER CO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Enter speaker of the House, who made his name tangling with a president of another party — and he doesn’t even bat an eyebrow at Menendez confessing that it is okay with him if Obama opts to just ignore Congress if it ends up not granting him the authority to use force in Syria. Nevertheless, Crossfire didn’t achieve the apotheosis of stupidity until the end of the show, when Cutter and Gingrich returned to make good on a promise to present “something we agree on.” I kind of thought the point of LOOKING FORWARD IN ANGST Crossfire was to sow disagreement at every turn, but I decided to stick it out, in genuine interest of finding out where Cutter and Gingrich had found common ground. It was not worth getting excited about. Here is a list of the things upon which they agreed: 1. “Today’s development with Russia is a great development.” 2. “The president has a big mountain to climb in terms of getting Congress to approve his resolution.” 3. This is a “tumultuous period of change.” 4. “The last 48 hours, so many different things were happening.” 5. “It’s going to be interesting to HUFFINGTON 09.15.13 Former U.S. senators Joe Lieberman and Rick Santorum joined hosts Van Jones (left) and S.E. Cupp (middle) on Crossfire.