Lindsey Graham: Fiscal Cliff Deal Chances 'Exceedingly Good,' Obama Has Won

[cal04]

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Sunday that chances for a small "fiscal Cliff" deal in the next 48 hours were "exceedingly good" and that President Barack Obama had won.

"I think people don't want to go over the cliff if we can avoid it," Graham said on Fox News Sunday.

"This deal won't affect the debt situation, it will be a political victory for the president and I hope we'll have the courage of our convictions when it comes time to raise the debt ceiling to fight for what we believe as Republicans, but hats off to the president, he won," Graham said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/30/lindsey-graham-fiscal-cliff_n_2384449.html

[Gman]

1. The whole problem is encapsulated in the words "Obama has won."

Not what is right.

[bigtree]

2. reminds me of when old man Potter tells Jimmy Stewart in 'Wonderful Life' that he's 'beat him'

. . . and that great scene where Stewart shakes Potter's hand and immediately feels slimy and wipes it off on his jacket, saying, 'no, no . . .!

[dkf]

3. We need to hear that from Boehner or Cantor...

[Mira]

4. Lindsey Graham looks to me to be

a sad, purposely self-misguided, pathetic little man. I would not like to see inside of him at what mental anguish he must live with.
It's not a matter of self servingly win or lose, or how you play the game, or payback in the near future, it's a matter of participating in joint government to the benefit of the greatest number of the people.
In other words:
I can't stand the worm.

[Kolesar]

5. In that video, Lindsey Graham says "we are going over the cliff"

So which is it?

[DCKit]

6. It's likely they're only going to do the deal on taxes.

And (just now) Obama said that he's willing to implement the chained CPI (on MTP). Seniors eating cat food is a win for the Republicans.

[MrYikes]

7. That's why we need to double the ss payments to anyone receiving less than $2000 a month.

raising estate taxes to 90% will pay for it.