I think you`ve generally hit it on the head. What should have been a rubber stamp for Obama has instead been a major hit. Boehner getting anything from this is a win. Let`s say Boehner crafts something the Tea Party loves—it gets out of the House, and Reid and Obama reject it—the end. I`m not thrilled by what Boehner ISN`T getting, but people`s expectations of what is possible here are, frankly, ridiculous. We`re going to end up reinforcing the idea that the right wants to cut and the left, even in this horrible economy, wants to spend, spend, spend ina way that will cling to them for years. That`s a win.
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There is reality and there is the tomfoolery that often exists here on the island of Conservutopia. At the end of the day, we need to retain the House as a check against Obama and libs....this factoid never ceases to amaze me that some folks here want it all and want it all now, and in the process the piss off independents to the point that the country lurches back to the left again.