The Bad Deal !

Isn't the Democratic party supposed to be the party to oppose the Republicans when they offer bad policy, especially when polls show that a majority of Americans don't share the GOP obsession with spending cuts?  Americans favored revenue increases along with spending cuts to settle the debt ceiling impasse.
After all, you can't blame the Republicans for advancing their agenda. And while using blackmail and putting the country's economic condition in peril may be amoral, it's pointless to expect the John Boehners of the world to stand up to that amorality.
No, it's on the Democrats, who,  control two of the three institutions necessary to make a deal, to stand up to what I see as the destruction of our safety net.
It's the job of the Democrats to stand firm that not one dollar of spending should be cut before tax cuts are rolled back for the wealthiest Americans, tax breaks are discontinued for corporate jets, and subsidies are discarded for large oil companies raking in copious profits.
In short, the Democrats did more than just cave. They actually adopted the Republican position, and then engaged in a debate on how extreme that Republican position was. Really !  The Democrats have the public opinion on their side and they still roll over. Why ?  This will go down in history as the start of the downfall of the Democratic Party. I will look to other men or parties who show a willing to fight for the positions that I ,and many others ,feel are important to the future of the good people of the United States.

We had Teddy's Square Deal
We had FDR's New Deal
We have Obama's Bad Deal

The job of the party in power is to represent the majority of the people in the country.  I give the Democrats and Obama an "F". There are many more fights to come and I hope that the President takes his gloves off and faces the enemy head on because the wealthy members of the Tea Party are really the enemies of America.