[God luvs America]

setting up the Simpson/Bowles commission had nothing to do with reducing the deficit; it was a sham set up by obama as a last ditch effort to try and save his sorry ass before the 2010 mid-term elections....once obama got his butt handed to him in the mid-terms he had no use for the commission as it did not accomplish its mission...

[tobyhill]

Of course it didn't but it took away all possible attacks on Ryan because all Ryan has to say is “you rejected your own commission”.

Nothing wrong with piggy-backing off the 2010 success.