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Both sides "giving ground" is what's gotten us to this point. There is a spending and not a taxing problem. The GOP represents the tax payers and the dems the tax leeches. There is little common ground.
In his first formal press conference in months, Barack Obama showed that getting re-elected can increase a president's confidence and combativeness. He staked out tough stands on several issues, especially on the looming budget negotiations.
Looking ahead to the "fiscal cliff" on Dec. 31, when the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire and sequestration cuts government spending sharply, Obama demanded $1.6 trillion of increased revenues as part of any budget bargain.
That's twice the number he and Speaker John Boehner agreed on in the grand bargain talks in the summer of 2011.
Those talks fell apart when Obama telephoned Boehner and raised his demand...
So they compromise and hit our hand once.
Compromise.
Personally, if I see my representative (Woodall of GA) vote for Boehner when the 113th convenes, I'll vote against him in 2014. I've had it with Boehner and his limp-writes running about behavior and his go-along supporters. We needed a strong leader like Ryan or even Newt. Boehner already has telegraphed that he intends to give away the farm.