re: #232 Killgore Trout

It’s a matter of perspective and Woodward’s claim of moving the goalposts is dubious. From the Dem perspective the sequester should have made the the Republicans more willing to comprimise on raising revenue. Republicans are going to get most of the public blame if things go tits up. From the Republican perspective the Dems should be more willing to comprimise because Republicans have shown their willingness to kill the proverbial hostage. When either side’s expectations aren’t met they’re going to claim moved goalposts.
From my perspective I don’t think Beohner is capable of striking a deal. He doesn’t have enough control over his own caucus. We’re at the exact same point we were with the last budget debate.They’ll find a way to kick the can down the road again. We’ll run out of time eventually.

So one could interpret this as:

Democrats, actually willing to have a discussion and compromise but all options need to be on the table
Republicans, do it our way or we’ll take the economy over the cliff

And if goalpost moving is a political claim, does that make Woodward a Republican? All of his reporting on this certainly seems to slant that direction.