Washington Budget Deal: Why does this not give me hope?

I do not mind the short term budget deal (that part is fine, we do not need a fight over that)...

I fear this is just an opportunity for Democrats to change the topic from Obamacare...

I have not had a chance to really look at what they are proposing.  The sequester cuts have been actually pretty good and anything increasing spending is not a gd idea.  Proposed future cuts are not a viable reality.

Wombat: Yes they had some pressure but the advantage is to the GOP (use it)
Wombat had this: Obama's base crumbling due to Obamacare
TOM: Harry Reid's Game
Smitty: Ryan almost blows the reform trumpet on the budget...
TOM:  Breitbart was right--Democrats lied, Obamacare survived, your insurance died...
Smitty: Shorter Ryan, I am going to kick tomorrow...
Wombat: Budget Deal

.@rsmccain I thought it was rather sweet how that Oompa Loompa serenaded Paul.
— Joe Matthew (@KoenigJojo) December 11, 2013

 HMM: Budget Deal Is Sealed. “Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced a budget deal Tuesday evening that would call for about $1 trillion in federal spending in 2014 while replacing some sequestration cuts. The deal replaces $63 billion in sequester cuts over two years and trims an additional $23 billion in long-term deficits. The agreement falls far short of the grand budget bargain Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama once envisioned. But if passed, it will bring a measure of fiscal peace to the capital for the first time since Republicans took control of the House in 2010.”

I dunno. It may be more politically advantageous than another shutdown, but I think the sequester was doing a better job of restraining spending.

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Posted at 8:45 pm by Glenn Reynolds   

John Boehner: You conservatives are crazy, this is a great deal...  Bwrack!
McConnell will vote no...but it is easy to be a con when the dems control the Senate
Hey wait, maybe Ryan's screw up is the reason McConnell is voting no (AoSHQ finds a rotten easter egg)
Wombat: Boehner passes deal in House and bashes Tea Party/conservatives? Don't say we didn't tell you John.