Strategically?! You say that with every loss. Ryan’s bill does not cut a single useless department and he has already said it is a STARTING place for compromise with the marxists! Is that the strategy you mean? Meanwhile none of the K Street Republicans are willing to even talk about Rand Paul’s budget cuts which gives us smaller budget. Ryan’s is smoke and mirrors designed to protect the ruling class and keep their game going. And it is apparently working!
For now, though, I do stand by my premise, and join Michelle Bachmann in saying this was the wrong hill to die on -- and, it turns out, we may have gained more ground then we thought. (88 billion total cuts, against a backdrop promise of 100 billion)