Time to go over the “cliff”. The democrats will not approve anything unless it’s even worse that the mandated cuts. We should take what we can get and walk away from the table.
Once again Boner is negotiating with himself and coming up with a tax increase. Just pass a bill that cuts spending and recess for the holidays. Let the Senate and Obama deal with the aftermath.
Good.
Boner doesn’t understand rule number 1 of negotiation: don’t bid against yourself. If your opponent rejects your offer, you don’t keep increasing your offer until he accepts it; you are bidding against your own number without getting any movement from the other side. At this rate, Obama could keep saying no until Boner goes further than Obama wanted. Politics at that level is blood sport. There’s no brownie points for “negotiating in good faith”, no merit badge for good effort. Play to win or go home.