Reply #14: Which budget? The fix they just negotiated, or the next one?

[riderinthestorm]

I have to admit, Pelosi and Reid did warn of just this scenario last fall but 1. FIRST EXCUSE: election fever meant that NOBODY would tackle it until the new reps were in position (and the country's "mood" established). 2. SECOND EXCUSE; once the new reps were in position and the Rethugs felt they were more powerful, they smelled blood in the water and held EVERYTHING up with filibuster threats about tax cuts for the wealthy until the year ran out. Obama just barely managed to squeak by getting the unemployment bennies retained and a few other miscellaneous items but the budget was far, far from realistically debated. 3. NOW WE COME TO THIS: Obama clearly feels as though he was a good negotiator as he swept $78 billion off the budget. Yay! he saved EPA and Planned Parenthood. Is anyone really fooled??!!


You just know that the 2012 election cycle is already in play for the next big hard decision and ALL of these jokers are going to play their kabuki theatre roles again until it becomes a crisis. I too am sick of it.