I think am that I agreeing more and more with Howard Dean's assessment that the best deal we progressives will get on the fiscal non-cliff is no deal at all. Someone said a long time ago (I'm not sure who said it first) that a bad deal is worse than no deal, and Boehner and the Republicans are demonstrating that any deal with them will be a bad deal. In January we will get a tax increase and spending cuts with entitlements (I hate that word) basically untouched. That's an immensely preferable deal to the Republicans' wimpy "revenue" increases and cuts that would largely hurt those that can least afford it. I'll take my chances with the recession that might be caused by the fiscal cliff over the one caused by any deal with the Republicans.
Let's hope that Obama's new-found backbone is for real. It seems to be so far.
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