Analysis: GOP won first round of budget battle
AP – In this photo taken Friday, April 8, 2011, House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, walks past … WASHINGTON – Republican conservatives were the chief winners in the budget deal that forced Democrats to accept historic spending cuts they strongly opposed.
Emboldened by last fall's election victories, fiscal conservatives have changed the debate in Washington. The question no longer is whether to cut spending, but how deeply. Rarely mentioned is the idea of higher taxes to lower the deficit.
Their success is all the more notable because Democrats control the Senate and White House.
But more difficult decisions lie ahead, and it's not clear whether GOP lawmakers can rely on their winning formula. They pushed Democrats to the brink, then gave in just enough to claim impressive achievements, rather than holding the line and triggering a government shutdown that might have yielded far less politically.
Kliphnote: Nobody wins if we do nothing.
We are $14 Trillion in debt.
We need someone to stand up and be responsible.
Maybe it's just me, but most of the people I know
who file for bankruptcy are liberals.
Much like the government.
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