Super Committee Failure Is A Surprise?

Back at the very beginning of the Super Committee it was going to fail. It was designed that way. All anyone had to do was look at the people who were put on the committee and it was obvious they were NOT serious about finding ways to cut spending. The people the Democrats put on were MASSIVE tax and spenders, while the Republicans were MASSIVE spending cutters. It would be easier to get a lion to become a vegetarian than to get these two groups to come to an agreement. This committee was designed to fail and that's what it did. The Democrats were planning on a "Do Nothing Congress" for Obama to run against and to keep the Republicans from having any success to point to for 2012.

The SUCCESS of this Super Committee is in the eyes of the American people. It's symbolic, but it's a MASSIVE success. The Republicans have managed to lock up the Democrats from piling on MORE spending and MORE taxes before we can get to the 2012 elections and own BOTH houses and the White House. Until that time, being a "Do Nothing Congress" is EXACTLY what they were elected to do and they are succeeding exceptionally well.