Sad.
I’ve said it before and I will say it again.
Democrats know that their base will never care if government is spendthrift and they also know that the Republican base will.
Cooperating with Republican administrations or “moderate” Republicans in congress has no down side for Democrats but it only ever backfires on the Republicans.
I can’t for the life of me understand why Republicans never learn this? Why people who choose to have an “(R)” after their name keep falling for the idea that Democrats are to be gotten along with, compromised with, to give up their promises because being a statesman-like and liked by Democrats is more important.
The old saying is fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me ... but with Republicans we’ve had decades of them being fooled on many things and they still have the balls to act surprised when it happens.
It’s like Stockholm Syndrome....
No one in Washington cares about the deficit - that is a former issue.