Right now Reid is laughing his a$$ off. He is sitting there with a drink in hand and thinking that by saying no, Boehner will go back again and give him a little bit more.
By the time this is over, Boehner’s bill wil be the exact replica of the senate bill. Can will get kicked down the road, debt will go up, Obama will be worshipped for his courageousness in standing up to the radical right and the world will go on.
And all the tea party congressmen will get to say yippee that a balanced budget amendment was passed in the house. Gives them something to go back to their people and say they did what they promised.
You are so right. The Democrats have played this correctly. They have the Republicans negotiating and compromising with theirselves!