“This is a win for our side if we get cuts and no tax increases”
Wasn’t reids plan originally to have spending cuts coming from the supposed draw down in the ME? Is this going to be a double hit for the military when spending isn’t down by Nov? Then the Republicans would take the hit for putting national security at risk for not passing a special funding/spending appropriation for national security. We’ve been had again if this is to be the case.
I believe there is wording that indicates “except if the country is at war” somewhere which invalidates almost everything!
Also what effect will the deadline of the continuing budget resolution expiring in September 2011 have on the whole picture? If any?
And, what if we win the Senate in 2012 by partly losing now? Veto proof. Two majorities with veto proof margin of the third makes Obambi a hangover.
A gamble we could/might lose but if we win, then we have a solution - instead of a certainty of a total Obama created and led disaster if we cannot have a chance at the Senate majority.
The formation of a special Congressional committee to recommend further deficit reduction of up to $1.6 trillion (whatever it takes to add up to the total of the debt ceiling increase). This deficit reduction could take the form of spending cuts, tax increases or both.