I agree with you. This was probably as good a deal as we could get. We did not budge on taxes! Republicans only control half of one branch of government. The main advantage we had is that budget and tax bills must originate in the house (the only thing we control).
I'm going to call my new congressman's office to support his position on this plan. I remember the 1995 government shutdown, and it didn't do anything to help Republicans beat Clinton in 1996, so we got 4 more years of Clinton.
Please do not spam me with your platitudes and excuses for the the plantation Republicans. Take your pom-poms and go.
THere was the “NEW DEAL”, the “FAIR DEAL” and the “BIG F*CKING DEAL”.
I’m for the “NO DEAL”. House veto. Obame, figure it out what 40% to cut and trash him if he picks wrong.
At most, the House could have split the difference: Give Obama half the borrowing in monthly installments through 2012 and let him defund 20% of the government, repeal ObamaCare and extend the Bush tax cuts permanently, take it or leave it. It would have been a brilliant learning experience for everyone.
In all the hand-wringing and hysteria today, one important fact has been overlooked.
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Going into a brutal 2012 reelection campaign, 0 has just totally demoralized and demolished his political base.
We’ll take what we achieved in this round and live to fight another day.