Obama calls the GOP’s bluff - The Washington Post

Eugene Robinson gently chides President Obama for what wholesome-sounding government programs will be cut if Republicans don't come off their no-tax-increase demand on the debt ceiling negotiations. Nevertheless, Robinson says Obama is right to call out the GOP (finally, I might add) for their intransigence on revenues and spending cuts. "Every independent, bipartisan, blue-ribbon panel that has looked at the deficit problem has reached the same conclusion: The gap between spending and revenue is much too big to be closed by budget cuts alone. With fervent conviction but zero evidence, Tea Party Republicans believe otherwise — and Establishment Republicans, who know better, are afraid to contradict them."

Obama calls the GOP’s bluff - The Washington Post