article_snippet: Both have diminished the chances for breaking out of today's ugly politics.
article_snippet: Republicans in Congress have reason to press hard with Republicans in Congress views as negotiations with Iran enter the home stretch.
article_snippet: Republicans in Congress, like many others -- including a sizable number of Democrats, the current Israeli government, and friendly Arab nations -- fear the Obama administration will cut a weak, leaky deal that will allow Iran to come perilously close to having nuclear weapons.
article_snippet: Just as importantly, Republicans believe, with cause, that as he negotiates, Obama has tried to sideline Congress in general and Republicans in particular.
article_snippet: Who can blame Republicans for arguing that if Obama insists any agreement needs only executive approval -- not approval by Congress -- then the next chief executive should not be legally bound by Congress provisions?
article_snippet: Their were out to sabotage both the deal and Obama.
article_snippet: We have had renegade members of Congress try to interfere with presidential negotiations in the past -- remember Sen. Jesse Helms?
article_snippet: -- but never 47 members of the United States Senate tossing a hand grenade into delicate, life-or-death negotiations conducted by seven major nations and led by the United States.
article_snippet: One can just imagine a number of GOP candidates pledging that if elected, GOP candidates will abolish Obamacare on Day 1 and an Iranian agreement on Day 2.
article_snippet: This is hardly a way to restore steady, bipartisan foreign policies, as we so badly need.
article_snippet: And why have Republicans forgotten so soon the damage done from voters thinking the last GOP president was too hard line and reckless?
article_snippet: And how can Republicans browbeat Hillary Clinton in hearings without looking like bullies?