re: #51 lostlakehiker

But the Democrats have not acquiesced in any serious sense to anything the Republicans want

the debt ceiling is usually raised without other issues being written into the legislation. the republicans have insisted on including spending cuts. obama agreed to spending cuts if the republicans would agree to revenue increases as part of the deal

um, this would be acquiescing in the republicans’ desire to tie spending cuts to the debt ceiling increase

the republicans refuse to concede any of their precious tax breaks

haven’t you been following the news?