re: #1 Bob Dillon

“The long-term deficit crisis had not been solved, but merely put off, leaving the United States at the edge of the fiscal cliff, where it remains today.”

Yes, and that is the fault of both parties, but a lot more republican obstructionist and failure to compromise.
The two part deal, trying to have this debate again in the middle of a presidential election was insane. Sorry, but Reid and Pelosi should have never agreed to that deal.