[Jim Scott]

Everything I read keeps calling the budget deal a victory for Boehner and the House Republicans. I'm not quite as enthused but at this juncture, I'm willing to wait until the debt ceiling/2012 budget negations before bashing or celebrating Speaker Boehner. However, I have relatively high expectations for those fights and I hope the Republicans will do more PR work to keep the public on our side, for a change. We must drastically reduce federal spending, not just nibble around the edges. That will take guts. I hope Boehner and the House Republicans have it - or we're doomed.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I wouldn’t be surprised if we get close to a shutdown on the issue of raising the debt limit.Obama was holding them as Hostages...which is pure Machiavellian...