Glad to see you again. Check out some more of my posts on Current Events and get back to me. Recommended: "Guy Behind the Democratic 'No Plan' Strategy."

The Democrats have not "compromised." They haven't moved one damn inch. The last detailed plan they had was Obama's last budget, and you know how that worked out. Harry Reid just spiked a Republican plan, one that would have raised the debt limit, tabling it instead of letting it come up for a vote. That's going to make some interesting campaign material for the 20 Democrats who supposedly supported a balanced budget amendment.

For Obama and the Democrats this is not about "saving the country." They've had years to "save the country," two of them with the Democrats in complete control. Where were the spending cuts? Heck, where were the tax increases? Who was it that extended the Bush tax cuts? President McCain?

This is about 2012. Period. And how to wreck the Republicans by getting them to buy into a Democratic tax increase. The Tea Party almost burned the Democrats to the waterline in the last election, and the Democrats damn well know it. The Senate was saved only by the staggered elections. Obama, right now, would probably lose if the Presidential election were today. So they have to split the Republicans from their conservative base. They need the Republicans to sign on to huge tax increases to have a hope of accomplishing this.

The Democrats are the ones sweating blood. Look at them.