[SumProVita]

Why the budget deal was a victory:

http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-budget-deal-was-victory.html

[jaydee770]

...Why the budget deal was a victory: http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-budget-deal-was-victory.html

Not convincing in the least.

After negotiating $20b *less* than the debt grew *during* the negotiations; conceding their position when the dems argument was based on "shutdown govt & screw the troops if we can't fund abortions"... What leads you -OR- betsyspage.blogspot.com to believe that these feckless, malfeasant, spineless, GOP-installed leaders will stand and fight for either the Debt-Ceiling or the 2012-budget? So far, they have performed on par with the GOP's history: Fold like a cheap card-table as soon as the Dems raise their voices.

Nothing changes as long as the GOP chooses the leadership, the committee chairs, how primaries are conducted, etc. etc. etc. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.