Had we given away more last year, we would be giving away even more this year.
Weakness is weakness.
Except there would not be anything being negotiated now because it would have been done. We were in a stronger position a year ago. You can make a stand this year and have no strength. We all know this deal is going to be bad for us. We have no leverage. The Dems don’t care about defense cuts or taxes going up when republicans will be blamed. The deal that was on the table last year was a good one for conservatives. It was heavily weighted towards us. This one we are screwed. Then if economy rebounds Dems sat see. If the other deal happened and economy rebounded it might have been a different story in nov. We can’t kill the party or the movement in search of perfection. That is my only point. Good is not the enemy of the great.