re: #86 simoom

This is just wishful thinking on Bohner’s part. His caucus would never go for it and the Democratic leadership knows it.

politico.com

And here’s the part where I put on my “surprised” face:

Items frequently mentioned for inclusion in such a compromise include means-testing Medicare, chained consumer price index, raising the retirement age and comprehensive tax reform. Many Republicans would find it hard to reject a package that rewrites the Tax Code, enacts some entitlement reform and repeals Obamacare’s medical device tax.

Of course, what would Democrats get? Oh right, fucked up the ass in such a deal, followed by torn apart at the polls because they gave the GOP the gift list they really wanted and got nothing in return besides a temporary reprieve before the next ransom list.