Super Duper

The Super Committee failed. Are we surprised? I'm not.

It was supposed to fail. There is a fundamental disagreement in this nation concerning the proper role and scope of government and there was no way that a group of Congresscritters that included Patty Murray and Jon Kyl would solve it. These folks see the world very differently.

There's a reason why conservatives oppose tax cuts as a matter of course. The idea that any group of legislators that uses the levers of government to curry favor with constituents would raise taxes, then refrain from using the money to pay people off, is ludicrous. It's never happened. Conservatives know this. They've been playing Charlie Brown while the liberal Lucys have been pulling the football away for nearly 80 years now. In many cases, they've been complicit.

We're running out of money now. Europe is running out of money. Everywhere you look, the money isn't there. People don't want to admit it, but that's the reality of the situation. It's going to be an ugly, ugly election cycle.