Dick Durbin "Hard To Get To An Agreement Tonight"

It's not even 6 pm yet (futures open time) and all that early optimistic momentum hard procured by splinter GOP Senators, is slowly but surely, being extinguished. Enter Dick Durbin, the second ranking Senate democrat:  Even if budget agreement to avoid fiscal cliff is reached today, it would be tough to “put it together this evening,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., tells CNN. If deal reached, more likely to be made final tomorrow, he says Original terms of budget deal present “problem” Hopeful “common ground” can be reached So let's set the ground rules for tonight's drinking game: since there will be much hope and optimism, as they are all that's left, and which will all be promptly squashed once reality reverts, every time someone says: "optimistic", do 1 shot; "not optimistic" - 2 shots; "cautiously optimistic" - 3 shots; "guardedly optimistic" - 4 shots; "encourage...