Maybe Boehner is our General Grant. The latest fight was the Wilderness. Debt ceiling will be Spotsylvania, followed by the North Anna River for the Ryan budget. Little by little we may be heading for Appomatox. To think we could win unconditional surrender with the 2011 budget is being unrealistic. We have to play chess not checkers. To go all in on the first hand is not a smart play. If we win incrementally we will retain the time needed to win in the long run( we still make sure our side is headed in the right direction). To play all in with the first hand might just hand the pot back to the Democrats. It is like marrying the gal who cheated on her husband. What makes you confident she won’t do it to you too. The same voters who voted for Obama in 2008 and then GOP in 2010 can easily switch back if we act like the bull in the china shop. Lets play it smart and win the war, not just the current battle.
A good analogy this being 146 years and 2 days after Lee surrendered at Appomattax