I think you are right on. The Dems have successfully muddied the water at least somewhat in the past month. Our policy...spending is wildly out of control and has to be cut. They say any cut is an attack on children and old people and we have to raise taxes.
As you said, we need to do the cap raise that extends into 2013...it has to be done to cover the Democrats out-of-control spending in recent years, get whatever commitment to some cuts we can, and campaign on our consistent message that we have to get spending down in a big way...but that as long as the Democrats have the Senate and White House, real improvement is simply not possible. It is not what we want, but we definitely don’t want anything that jacks taxes or gives the Democrats a lifeline from their miserable position as stewards of a depressed economy.
If we don’t want a deal, we DON’T want a deal. Let Obastard sway slowly in the wind. NO DEALS!