[EternalVigilance]

The plan also reduces spending by only $6 billion in 2012.

CBO just scored Boehner's "plan" and said that $6 billion is actually $1 billion.

Which in itself is mythical. It's a "cut" of projected increases.

[GeronL]

Exactly. Nobody in Washington really wants to cut spending.

[andyk]

CBO just scored Boehner's "plan" and said that $6 billion is actually $1 billion.

Thanks for the link. Absolutely ludicrous. I cannot believe what Boehner is doing here. Up until this point, I was under the impression he was doing well. Jay Carney alluded to this in a 10 minute stretch of press conference where he basically had to admit that there had been no real plan presented by anyone (the lone exception may be the Ryan budget). He chastised reporters for asking him, and claimed "that's how it's done, and you should know that". Then he quoted Bob Dole saying "we have to hold hands and jump in the boat". Pretty sad.