Am I not reading this correctly or does it not include any revenue generation?

Not seeing how All Cuts = Republicans Blink...? Sounds like Gregoire Math to me.

All that sweet sweet money from the banks, business, and foreign donors greenwashing thru resident cash PACs sure doesn't hurt, does it hypocrite Republicants?

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Got Jobs?

he also said they won't make a deal as long as obama is in office. he's said repeatedly that defeating obama in 2012 is his #1 legislative priority.

how statesmanlike.

i really hope obama's planning to play the "i tried bipartisanship and angered my base for 4 years, they didn't" card next year.

McConnell and Boehner have declared war on their Tea Party Constituents.

I don't see that we have any resource but to found a third party and run Sarah Palin as our chief.

@1, while it doesn't include revenue generation, it actually doesn't include cuts, either. Realistically, Obama is going to be able to lift the ceiling by proposing (not actually implementing) cuts.

The Republicans tried to use the impending default to take America hostage in order to get cuts they want, but when they finally realized that they'd be to blame for the cuts, they balked. I think that this is huge for the Democrats.

Clever. They know they'll eventually have to agree to raising the debt ceiling, but now they have a way of doing it which lets them shout about how the democrats did it all by themselves.

Am I the only person for whom McConnell's sour-lemon puss and receding chin brings Jesse "Kim Jong the Second" Helms to mind? What a little rodent.

"as long as he specified offsetting spending cuts"

And this is a good thing because ...?

The Financial Oligarchy says "get er done" and the bought and paid for Pols will comply.

If this "deal" goes through, I think Obama should then propose, when submitting his cuts, cuts only to 1. defense and 2. corporate subsidies.

First, Obama would have to trust the Republicans, and they've proven themselves to be so trustworthy in the past, right.

Second, Obama would have to be willing to give the Republicans 12 times to bash him on raising the debt (all by his lonesome) before the 2012 election.

Third, I think it is still all kabuki. They have to raise the debt ceiling and Obama needs to get the best deal he can - this isn't it.

this is cowardly. how can elected officials be so afraid of compromise that they would relinquish financial power to another branch of our government? how can we possibly equate cuts to social programs with tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans? it is just another example of these milk-toast Republicans who are afraid of their benefactors. I am sickened by the entire process. what rot. what hypocracy. what a country we've become.

When the history of America is written, that low life McConnell will get his due. In the mean time, the American people don't want a default, the TeaBaggers do. And the TeaBaggers are losing elections all over the goddamn place.