[rob777]

"If the economy goes into double dip, the dems and Bambi can say what they want, but very few but the most rabid obamunist will believe them."


I agree, but that will not stop them from trying and we need to be careful in not helping them by parroting the line that this deal was a "step in the right direction". It clearly was not. A step in the right direction would have been to at least see an actual cut in overall spending rather than a cut from the baseline of what spending was intended. Never mind beginning to pay down the debt, this deal actually continues to add to it. In what universe is that a "step in the right direction"?????

[Lakeshark]

They'll try, but it's not going to work imho.

I'm not suggesting that this was a good deal, but what did you think they could do? One of the few reasonable outcomes came from this fight: Obama and the dems have shown they only want to spend more, have no solution, and their popularity is markedly down. There is no where for the dems to go if we double dip because they will own it.

We'll see what happens. I'm not happy, but am not sure what else could have been done barring full fledged revolution.