he might not want to anger them by,a bandoning the palestinians, as well and he insists it's possible that biden will back him up, and some democratic senators will probably make it clear to bibi that the price of senate ratification is a real movement on the two-state solution. in that case, bibi netanyahu will have to decide what he wants more, a truly historic advance in israel's security or keeping afloat his ricchetti, controversial and extremist contribution. for go to my washington post column this week. >>> with fewer than three hours to go before the federal government shutdown, the senate passed legislation late last night to keep it funded for only another 45 days. as i've said before, the u.s. is the only nation that i'm aware of where legislators approve spending and then have to approve paying for that spending when the bills come due. it is nonsense, and it points to america's fiscal irresponsibility which is exactly what i want to talk about to katherine campbell about, she's is an opinion columnist at" the washington post" and a commentator here at cnn. brilliant. why