[ClearCase_guy]

The entire situation, from start to finish, is rigged to make draconian, unacceptable Defense cuts absolutely unavoidable and inevitable. Politically, you could never pass bills to make such cuts -- but by clumsily just "stumbling" into them, the cuts will happen automatically.

He's not stupid. He's evil.

[bunster]

But the Fun Part of this is that defense companies need to give 90 days notice of layoffs and they want to do this before the election in order to meet the Jan 1 deadline. These would be notices of potential layoffs if it isn’t stopped. O wants them to hold off.

[GeronL]

This was the deal that the GOP and Bonehead agreed to