How They Did It in 1997

Keith Hennessey has a great post up reminding us what ACTUAL compromise looks like in setting economic policy.  The 1997 Bipartisan Budget Agreement cut spending enough to balance the budget AND cut taxes.  Republicans this time--seek only not to RAISE any taxes. 

If Bill Clinton and Trent Lott could do it, so can Barack Obama and John Boehner.  Unless of course the President really IS what conservatives have suspected all along---a left-wing ideologue bent on reshaping the relationship of government and the governed....