All Hold Hands and Jump!

Let's just get it over with.  We can all join hands and jump off that Fiscal Cliff together.  Why not?

The stalemate looks something like this:  Obama will do no deal that doesn't include his tax increase on higher income earners.  He also will agree to no discernable spending cuts.

Boehner is trying to negotiate increasing tax revenue by scaling back deductions.  He's even hinted at a willingness to discuss a lower percentage increase or moving the income level higher for Obama's tax hike.  But he is still insisting that Obama agree to cut some spending, somewhere.

So now we're hearing they're negotiating tiny fringe things like cutting COLA's on Social Security, which of course isn't a drop in the ocean.

Let's forget the whole thing and just let the automatic tax increases kick in.  After all, that's what most honest Democrats admit they want to happen anyway.  The people will get angry when they see that first 2013 pay stub, and the press will work overtime to tell them they need to be angry with Republicans, not Obama for that smaller check.  So what?

Democrats own the narrative and Americans don't have a clue about what Republicans actually stand for, so what else will be new?

Republicans are being given a choice - give in to what Obama wants, or ... umm ... give in to what Obama wants.  So I say they just refuse to play the game, thereby giving in to what Obama wants.

Oh Well.