[DBeers]

So, call their bluff. Announce you'll pass the Buffett rule (as we all know, the effect is tiny anyway), then say that now that we've gotten the stupid political gimmick out of the way, let's get serious and talk about some real cuts in spending, and real deficit reduction. But you have to do that with some blunt, confrontational language on what the Buffett Rule really is.

Sounds like something that Romney the RINO would do -political expedience trumping principle.

Get a clue.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

In case you haven't figured it out, our best issue in November -- and forget the Presidential race -- is the deficit. We have to convince voters we're more serious about controlling the deficit than are the Democrats.

The Democrats survive on that issue because most voters aren't aware of how bad the problem really is. Anyone who looks at the issue objectively knows that you simply cannot raise taxes enough to solve it. We must cut spending. Yet, the Democrats are convincing people that raising taxes really is the way to go.

The best way to prove them wrong on this issue is to point out that even if you give them what they've been begging for, it is less than one half of one percent of the annual deficit. It is a perfect way of demonstrating that cuts are the key to solving the deficit.

So am I willing to compromise "principle" for the purpose of making clear to voters an even more important principle, critical to the GOP success in Congress? Absolutely.