re: #220 Dark_Falcon

Hell, according to the Chicago Tribune (which does lean Republican, but is not crazy and cares much for the facts) part of the reasons talks broke down was that when Obama tried to put a group of spending cuts before tax hikes, the Dems in Congress started revolting. The Democrats are under some strong pressure from the moveon.org wing of their party.

Isn’t it just as probable that they ‘revolted’ because of the nature of the alleged ‘cuts’ (the notorious ‘deep guts to SS and Medicaid’ that never materialized)?

The Democrats at least seem self-aware enough to realize that certain cuts should be o-limits. The Republicans, especialy in the House, seem to have no such awareness.

They seem to be ‘listening to their own echo chamber’ again, and it’s telling them the ‘American People’ want them to crash the car - numerous polls that prove otherwise be damned.