As the nation heads ever closer to the so-called fiscal cliff—the
January 1 deadline at which, absent congressional and presidential
action, taxes will go up and (on January 2) spending will go down—
both sides are bandying about accusations, counter-accusations, and counter-counter-accusations.
Democrats are convinced that the GOP is not negotiating in good faith, as it is in hock to supposedly extreme antitax activists. Republicans are similarly convinced that President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are bad-faith actors, content to drive the nation over the cliff because it will advance the left’s long-term agenda of higher taxes and lower defense spending. Similarly, both sides spy incompetence in their opposition: The left believes that Speaker John Boehner cannot control his House caucus, and the right suspects that President Obama lacks the temperament to broker a deal.
Read more: http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/permanent-gridlock_665191.html
both sides are bandying about accusations, counter-accusations, and counter-counter-accusations.
Democrats are convinced that the GOP is not negotiating in good faith, as it is in hock to supposedly extreme antitax activists. Republicans are similarly convinced that President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are bad-faith actors, content to drive the nation over the cliff because it will advance the left’s long-term agenda of higher taxes and lower defense spending. Similarly, both sides spy incompetence in their opposition: The left believes that Speaker John Boehner cannot control his House caucus, and the right suspects that President Obama lacks the temperament to broker a deal.
Read more: http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/permanent-gridlock_665191.html
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