[fhayek]

Its just posturing. Whatever happens here, he will spend 2012 saying that he is the true deficit hawk because he wanted $4 trillion in cuts. Its kind of like the arsonist who wants credit because he demanded that more water be poured on the fire he had set.

[TravisBickle]

Remeber how the Democrats always wanted to know how the Bush tax cuts were "paid for"? To them a tax cut is spending; a tax hike is a spending cut.

You can be sure that part of that $3-$4T cut is a tax hike.