Toon: Selling the Grand Bargain

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14. SS legislation will not be proposed as a standalone, there will always be some revenue

included. That revenue is a deal breaker for the Republicans. The Senate budget is DOA in the house because it contains revenue and stimulus. The budget could include the total dismantling of SS, but as long as there is one cent of increased revenue, the Reps will vote against it.

Republicans fear a primary challenge, and the quickest way to get a challenger is to compromise on anything. Even McConnell is being pushed to the right because he accepted a compromise on fiscal cliff. There is talk of the Teabaggers challenging him in 2014.


As much as they bow before the mighty Saint Ronny, they ignore his more centrist stands. They worship the myth.