Watching DiFi and Graham on FOX - I think they were negotiating on air - DiFi looked pretty pleased at the end of her segment.
Round table on the “fiscal cliff” - Evan Bayh - thinks the odds are greater than 50 percent that a deal will be made in the Senate...it’s just those pesky Representatives that might gunk things up.
Byron York - says they are only dealing with the most immediate problems because they know obama will call for “tax cuts” for everyone under 250K if we go over the cliff in January, and if Repubs don’t vote for obama’s proposal then, they will be voting against tax cuts.
Everyone seems to agree that obama will get what he wants, it will do nothing to help the defecit, but, hey, it’s all about the politics.
I'd bet against Obeyme upstaging Republicans with a tax cut. Higher taxes are his nirvana and the only way to pay for what he wants. Of course, the middle class is where are all the money is.
If he did, Republicans could pretty easily co-opt it , or take credit for it.
They're only play is huge spending cuts in exchange for a small debt limit increase.