What will all the chicken-littles say when more than half of Dems in House vote for the deal? [View All]

[scheming daemons]

Including a large chunk of the progressives?


And what about when nearly all Senate Dems vote for it?



What has emerged so far of the deal has been actually pretty good.

- Social Security untouched and not "on the table".
- Bush tax cuts to expire as scheduled on Dec 31, 2012.
- 1.2 trillion in discretionary spending cut over 10 year ($120 billion a year.... less than 10% of budget... a big chunk of this from the wars winding down).
- Triggers more adversely affect defense than Medicare, if they kick in.


The tea partiers are apoplectic over this deal. More Democrats will vote for it in the House than Republicans.