This deal isn’t important as important as Paul Ryan budget and the debt ceiling is. Actually, I’m surprised they held their ground for $38B.
If the Republicans were smart they would tie the Ryan budget to increasing the debt ceiling. If they pass the debt ceiling without the budget you might as well forget any hopes of getting the Ryan budget through.
The Republicans not raising it has less than a Snowballs chance in Hell. They will squawk and Squabble for show and make up some new scam to sell the fools. Then raise the Debt Limit. Obama will be made out as a Centrist and all will be well inside the Beltway. They will go on vacation and return for the Huge Washington Extraveganza of the Year! The Fall Splitting of the Loot Celebration and Feast! It happens every Halloween.
I agree with that. The Ryan plans are the only comprehensive and serious proposals on the table. They also deal with entitlements like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security which will go broke if not reformed. The proposals may not be perfect and will be debated but AT LEAST someone has seriously addressed the real problems. Meanwhile, Obama and most Democrats are reduced to being critics with no viable proposals of their own and only defenders of a failed and bankrupt welfare system.
Boehner has blown his credibility and the Democrats know it. He'll fold on the debt ceiling, guarantee it.
The $100B in spending cuts was a test, Boehner blew it big time.