The real reason the Republicans outmaneuvered the Democrats is very simple

[ejp1220]

I thought it was a joint venture between various countries

[Kadhi]

Mitt Romney just came out against the deal.

Keep spinning, KG, keep spinning!

[Dulcina Jinx]

nah bro, I'm just gonna post a HuffPo op-ed instead

[marniixox]

the entire NYT op/ed section today is crying about what Obama did and how it calls our whole system of government into question, they are REAL MAD

[swymmer2004]

This is a pointless derp argument anyway because the F-35 is peanuts.

The point is that military spending is not going to decrease in any significant way, the operations will be under the urabrella of state and thus not called military spending but the spending will be there just the same (more in fact)

[invictus18]

Hay man ... look. TKG found some conservatives declaring victory, so it's a fact.

[italianpoptart]

I thought it was the Tea Parties fault for not abdicating to the President?

[Opinion101]

The cause for liberals being mad is that Obama should have never negotiated, saying no democrat or republican had ever negotiated a debt ceiling increase and it would set a dangerous precedent to do so

However, look closely at the deal:

Benefit cuts to Medicare? No

Any cuts whatsoever to Social Security or Medicaid? No

Any extension of the Bush tax cuts? No, they are still going to expire a few weeks after the 2012 election, raising taxes by $4 trillion

Do we start cutting heavily now and hurt the economy? No, not only are the cuts over 10 years, but most if it is backloaded in a manner that makes it easy to repeal before it even goes into effect

Will the US armed forces be spared from cuts, as usual? No, we will cut $350 billion from the military in the first round of cuts, and then $600 billion if no long-term debt deal is reached, that's $1 trillion in cuts to the military and a strong step towarRAB disbanding the military

[GBlue]

because he has no skin in the game, for the same reason it was easy for candidate Obama to say things and then do a complete 180 once he became President.

[TannerW]

Of course don't mention the fact that taxes still could be raised by the committee.