Damn.

I'm not gonna throw Ryan under the bus yet. The senate has spent years now, showing us that budgets and debt ceilings are nothing but joke anyway.

Besides, Obama would just get on TV, say that congress had failed to do their job, and raise the debt ceiling by EO.............all while claiming that "HE alone", saved the country from fiscal disaster.

The worst part? Most of the American people would believe him.

I can only hope that Ryan is working on a plan to beat Obama at his own game. We'll see.

Charles Krauthammer has some thoughts on this.  I'm currently of the belief that there should be no extension.  Make it clear despite all the media BS that the ball is in the Dems corner to deal with spending and a budget first.  But I think the point Krauthammer makes has some merit.

There is a faction within the Republican Party that will never favor any compromise in any area such as immigration and social issues, even it it is tactical to gain a greater benefit in the long term.  They can be as intransigent as the far leftists and will willingly lose elections to "stay true to who they really are".

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/01/17/how-to-save-republican-party/

How can anyone be so stupid as to give in like a puss, a mere 2 weeks after their last embarrassment ?

I think all of DC is done.  There is NOBODY left that will do the right thing.  Everybody's got a personal or weaktit little angle on everything.