re: #55 BishopX

This isn’t a budget fight. This is a continuing resolution fight. The democrats have so far agreed to about 30 billion in cuts. The House republicans are holding out for 60 which is 30 more than the original HR 1 bill included. That’s pretty good optics for the democrats.

No, this is the ‘11 budget fight, a budget that was supposed to be passed by sept ‘10. The repubs have said they’ve allowed 2 continuances and they aren’t going to allow anymore.

The dems might be right on this, they were the last time. The repubs could take a beating over a shutdown. The risk as I see it is the world (i.e., the media) has changed a lot since 1995 and the dems might be shooting themselves in the foot.