1.   The two sides tried and failed to come to a deal.

2.   Both sides have tried to outdo each other to show how tough they can be.

3.   And as with all legal cases, both sides tried to put their own spin on a raft of preceding legal decisions.

4.   And he, too, said the other side was trying to avoid a jury verdict.

5.   And both sides are trying to determine how much the furor over campaign finance will wound Clinton and poison whatever air of bipartisanship remains.

6.   And there were other signs the sides were at least trying for a breather.

7.   Apparently, British Equity has suggested to American Equity that the two sides try a year with no restrictions and see what happens.

8.   As each side tried to paint the other into a corner, Republican leaders also raised the ante on Monday.

9.   As in every presidential debate, the spin will go on endlessly after this one, as both sides try and proclaim victory.

10.   As much as the two sides may try to put the war behind them, the dialogue and the optics of the past still reverberate.