Neither of you get it.
There was no way for us to win the debt battle.
The Tea Party won its first election and dummies like you expect the whole ballgame to change.
2010 was a first step. 2012 will be another step, but do not expect things to miraculously change after that, either!
It will take several election cycles to clean house. We will elect some who betray us. We will lose some seats because we primaried out a RINO in favor of a weak candidate.
But that is expected. That is the way of politics.
If you are not mature enough to understand the disgusting, sausage-making that we call politics, then just shut up and let the adults get the job done!
Agreeing to increase the debt ceiling and increase spending while getting nothing in return is not any grand tactical strategery. It wasn’t compromise, it was capitulation dummy. Spin it how you wish.
Well said, Eric! Thank you.