I don’t see it as a defeat.
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With all due respect, I think you’re missing the point.
The starting figure was cutting $100 Billion. We ended up caving to only cutting $38 Billion with essentially no action on EPA and Plannd Parenthood.
If they caved this badly on this, what in Heaven’s name makes you think they’ll have the onions to fight for Ryans 6 Trillion in cuts? Seriously, We’re all waiting with baited breath for you to tell us the great confidence we should have with the likes of Boehner and McConnell??
(Crickets.....)
My confidence is in us. That is all.
If you think we’re whupped, sit down and keep out of the way.
We have work to do, and all I’m saying is let’s keep our eye on the ball. Wailing does not help.
False. The Tea Party "starting figure" was $100 billion off Obama's 2011 proposal. The total CR cuts amount to $78.5 billion. Yes it's less than $100 billion but it's also *not* the $38 billion you claim. That $78.5 billion eliminated all the increases Obama asked for in the never-passed 2011 budget and added billions in real cuts.
Boehner got an agreement from Reid for a Senate vote on Planned Parenthood and ObamaCare.
I think you missed the point. Progress was made. Now is not the time to stab Boehner, Bachmann, DeMint or Ryan in the back. They'll only have as much spine as our support gives them in the debt ceiling and 2012 battles.