Obama strategy was to sucker the Republicans into accepting his spending "cuts" which were really tax increases and then in 2012 he could point at the Republicans and claim they participated in the raising of unpopular taxes. Fortunately Boehner REJECTED that deal. For weeks all we heard here was the fear of the Republicans accepting tax increases. Okay, Boehner has just firmly REJECTED those tax increases and what is the reaction? "Lousy RINO!!!"
Beam me up, Scotty!
Lol, we only control the House and could lose that in 2012 if we are not careful.
Who ever makes the cuts needed to restore fiscal sanity we get pummeled at the polls next election. The Marxists are demigoding this issue and with just about half the country getting a government check the demigoding will work.
Fools rush in where wisemen fear to tread. Conservatives are not yet strong enough to fight this fight, take what you can get an live to fight another day. I don't see this as a cave in at all, I see the GOP playing smart for a change.
Also at some point the markets will solve our spending problems.