How cool is this!! The President has beaten back the Republicans' efforts to let the US default on its debt obligations. Admittedly, things were looking pretty grim there for a while, but our shrewd President once again outfoxed the forces of evil. By standing firm, he showed the world who is truly the adult in the room. He was the island in a sea of crazy. I am so proud. If I could figure out how to embed pictures, I would put up a bunch of heart warming photos of our leader, but hopefully others will be doing that soon.
Not only did President Obama get the deal he wanted on the debt ceiling - i.e., an increase that goes beyond the 2012 election - but he's getting the lion's share of the amount of budget cuts he proposed. I know some Obama haters here will make a big deal over the fact that those cuts will affect a number of important programs (like education, WIC, Headstart, etc) and that the bipartisan Congressional commissions will like cut entitlements, but wait until Obama reverses all this and shows his true liberal self in his second term. We've got to go along here, because he's going to kick ass after 2012 and show the professional left how the long game is played.
Go Obama! Please, go.