Personally, I think if you asked the millions of Americans who see this pending debt ceiling plan as a giant steaming mound of animal feces what they dislike most, it would be that after weeks of bargaining and negotiating and arguing, the Democrats essentially gave away almost everything they claimed they wanted, not least of them offsetting revenue increases, and got essentially nothing for them except a raise in the debt ceiling.
But defenders of the President and the party's leadership are saying, "Don't rush to judgement. We're setting up a special Bi-Partisan 12-member Committee to come up with a plan to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next 10 years and they have to do their job or risk setting off triggers which would mandate very painful spending cuts on both the Defense and domestic discretionary side of the budget."
Well, I just listed to a couple of items on National Public Radio this afternoon, and ladies and gentlemen, let me show you why I think that Committee battle is already lost.