Anyone pointing finger at "extremists" will find they have three fingers pointing right back at themselves. The Democrats are not really trying to cooperate to solve the issues. All they care about is taxpayer funds to buy votes from their liberal progressive base. They just want to keep on spending and blame all problems on "extremist GOP".
source: http://biggovernment.com/rbidinotto/2011/04/07/which-extremists-are-forcing-a-governmental-shutdown/