Instead, the emerging deal will reinforce the convictions that have made
the GOP such a toxic presence in Washington. If Obama will cave even
when he’s got all the leverage, when won’t he cave? Never, the
Republicans will assume. If Obama’s too scared to stop bargaining and
let the public decide who’s right in this instance, when the polls
appear to back him, then he must think our position is more popular than
he lets on. Suffice it to say, these are not sentiments you want at the
front of Republicans’ mind as they prepare to shake him down over the
debt limit in another two months. The White House continues to maintain
that it simply won't negotiate over the limit. After this deal, why
would any Republican ever believe this? I certainly don’t, and I
desperately want to.
--Noam Scheiber in the New Republic today
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