[paint_your_wagon]

Ok. So he accepts Obama’s argument, and then will probably offer a scheme to advance Obama’s goal-—but at a slower pace or a lesser extent than the rat proposal.

“We’re in a time when the federal government’s short on revenues. They ought to be paying their fair share.”

The government isn’t short on revenues. It’s out of control and short on self-discipline.

[JoeFromSidney]

Ok. So he accepts Obama’s argument, and then will probably offer a scheme to advance Obama’s goal-—but at a slower pace or a lesser extent than the rat proposal.

As somebody once said, if the Democrats proposed to burn down Washington, the Republicans would propose to phase it in over 5 years.