[iontheball]

Tom Coburn is the devil in this deal. I forget where I read this, but Coburn has some very devious connections in Obama's past. Notice how he came on the scene in the eleventh hour to try and save Obama’s butt.

[crusader71]

“Tom Coburn is the devil in this deal.”

Could be right. He apparently has a very cozy personal friendship with Obama, see below (barf alert)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703313304576132581361058672.html

[Pining_4_TX]

Well, I don’t know. I think he is just naive. I worked on his campaign the first time around, and he just doesn’t seem that politically savvy to me. He may honestly believe that the spending cuts will happen. I am tempted to send him a t-shirt with the Peanuts cartoon of Lucy pulling the football away at the last minute.

[BilLies]

What kind of “devious connections with Obama’s past”?