[vbmoneyspender]

This plan is basically the only way the GOP comes out of this unscathed.

Is that what you think the highest priority is - to come out of a fight unscathed? There's a word for people who think that way.

[Carling]

I never said it was the highest priority. I think the plan makes sense, and it makes it impossible for Obama to blame the GOP when the economy continues to flounder.

If you aren't taking politics into at least a little bit of consideration, then you're not being realistic about 2012.