Gingrich was right, “This committee is stupid!”
No surprise the rats are using this for political advantage.
ditto.
And dangerous. Do I remember correctly, that the POTUS casts the tiebreaking vote on a deadlocked supercommittee? And deadlock will be the norm, with 12 partisan ideologues (6 D's and 6 R's) on the committee. With that one deciding vote, POTUS can control whether any bill reaches the floor for debate (as long as the 6 supercommittee members from his party vote as a bloc). Basically, the Executive branch (POTUS) is now in control of the Legislative branch of gov't, a massive expansion of the power of the Presidency. That's a bad idea, IMHO, no matter what party the POTUS happens to be a member of.
Also, some other Freepers have pointed out that any third party congressmen will be excluded from the supercommittee; we are locked into a two-party system.
One more thought: with 12 members only on the supercommittee, there are at least 38 states unrepresented. Didn't we fight a war over that, long ago?