[GeronL]

failed?

It did exactly what it was supposed to do. Make everyone forget they raised the debt ceiling by trillions.

[Nowhere Man]

It was set up to fail form the beginning. I talked to the cousin of Senator Toomey, I sold him some auto parts, and he said the same thing.

[FlyVet]

"This select committee, I believe, can really do what we haven't had the courage to do in the past. ... I think that a lot of us would have the courage to vote for what the most experienced people in Congress come up with....."

Sen. John McCain, Fox News Sunday, 7/7/11.

The "experienced" people. Yeah.

He hit another home run, didn't he?

[ronnie raygun]

And not a one is an economist