Headed into a brutal 2012 election campaign, 0 has just completely demoralized his base.
“Headed into a brutal 2012 election campaign, 0 has just completely demoralized his base.”
That is true.
But there is a big confusion... the ‘establishment’ Republicans call this a ‘win’ because it was a ‘political’ victory.
It’s also only a REAL win if Obama get un-elected. This exposed Obama in so many ways I’d say he is toast. It’s like the Hostage Crisis for Carter - it showed he comes up short. Politically, getting default off the table is good because the economy is shaky anyway and obama owns that.
The grassroots see how little was done, and note that as policy, it was far from what needs to be done. Indeed, it locks in Obamacare spending, trillion dollar deficits, and a host of other liberal agenda items.
Political win, policy draw (we did little good, but at least turned direction towards spending reduction).