The SNP says Scotland would not be demanding everything back.
And Chinese parents do feel inextricably tied to their children for life, demanding everything of them but also giving everything to them.
That's because the practice of American politics assumes that all players will negotiate according to predictable patterns — that they will realize they can get more from compromise than by demanding everything and winning nothing.
The conservatives defending Mr. Cheney are largely the same crowd that went off the deep end because of a glimpse of breast on the Super Bowl, demanding everything from fines to new regulations to protect red states from blue language.
The House opened a spirited debate today on the China trade bill, as a furious final round of horse-trading with undecided members demanding everything from gas pipelines to a weather station left supporters confident that they would eke out a victory on Wednesday.
Protesters also this week packed the police commission meeting room, demanding everything from greater transparency to complete civilian control over the department.
