[apillar]

The whole “super congress” thing is a huge joke and the politicians know it, it has no power or authority other than what the current congress says it has and nothing it does can bind a future congress. Do you honestly think if the democrats got back into power in 2012 and this “super congress” put forward massive spending cuts, they would be allowed to happen? The democrats would simply ignore the super congress, and kill the so-called triggers on a simple majority vote (and probably eliminate the super congress in the process). It would take a constitutional amendment to create a “super congress” with any actual power.

[EBH]

There will not be elections in 2012.

[Still Thinking]

It would take a constitutional amendment to create a “super congress” with any actual power.

Oh, not so. So long as it's doing stuff that's AGAINST our interests, it will be treated as valid.