This could get very interesting – from NRO’s The Corner:
This is interesting. On the tax deal, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) told us that “support is eroding” among House Republicans.
Earlier today, Rep. Dan Boren (D., Okla), a Blue Dog, spoke to National Review Online about liberal Democrats’ opposition to the deal, and said the same thing. “Every day it’s eroding,” he said. “Every day this thing lingers on you’re seeing more and more liberals coming to the realization that this is the best deal possible. They don’t want to be blamed for raising taxes in a recession.”…
In a lot of ways, I’d prefer this deal to be killed – it is a big-spending Son of Spendulus bill, for the most part. What keeps me on board with it is that with energy and food costs rising (regular unleaded hit $3.09 a gallon in Las Vegas, today) I’m growing ever more concerned about the economy. Adding a higher tax bill to rising prices for basics is just the sort of thing to tip us over in to complete economic depression – something I’d rather avoid. We still might well get that – in fact, if we don’t get our fiscal house in order, we will definitely get a Great Depression, eventually – but I see no reason for us to jump off the economic cliff.
I don’t think, actually, that I’ve ever been more worried about the state of the nation and the prospects for the future in my life time…its grim, getting grimmer and I don’t think anyone in DC other than a few Republicans has the foggiest notion of what to do.
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