The Fiscal Thingy is much on our minds today, and
Greg Dworkin weighs in with some polling on the issues in play, and who Americans trust to deal with them. Hint for Republicans: your hand is not a strong one.
Armando joined the discussion to note that some commentators are
making the case that Republicans actually do best by conceding to the Democratic position on taxes. And we remind ourselves that if it's a "fiscal cliff" to combine even modest tax increases with sequestration that takes government spending out of the economy, then we do no better by replacing sequestration cuts with social safety net cuts in that equation. After all, as Republicans love to remind us (when the subject favors them), "money is fungible!" Finally, a little bit of filibuster reform discussion. Tired of hearing that majority vote rules change is a "slippery slope?" Well, how about some historical data that suggests it's not really all that slippery after all?